Antique Continental Tole Coal Scuttle

England, mid-19th century, black painted metal, double-handled tapering oval basin beneath an octagonal panel lid featuring shaped apical ring handle and decorated with floral vignettes within ornate gilt borders, raised on four scroll feet, interior with conforming removable liner, unsigned.

21 x 19 1/4 x 15 in.

From the Wood Family’s Historic Mulberry Hill Home, Edenton, North Carolina

Scattered paint losses and surface staining; some denting to metal; areas of minor dust soiling to crevices.