Unusual Toleware and Eglomise Coal Scuttle

19th century, English, black painted tin with gilt decoration, shaped hinged lid with reverse painted glass panel featuring Muckross Abbey, with porcelain handled shovel and interior liner, raised on original casters.

19 x 12 x 19 in.

"Muckross Abbey is very evocative and indeed it has been speculated that the eerie graveyard may have been in part the inspiration behind Bram Stoker’s Dracula." -hauntedhistory

Surface wear and paint loss.