- Created by
- Unidentified
- Date
- late 19th-early 20th century
- Medium
- iron alloy, paint, and fiberboard
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 11 1/2 x 13 1/2 x 16 3/4 in. (29.2 x 34.3 x 42.5 cm)
- Description
- A coal scuttle made from off-white painted sheet iron alloy shaped with one end designed to pour and the other having a solid handle attached to the body with an additional swinging handle attached at either side of the top through metal loops. The metal alloy has been pressed with a pattern, die cut, and bent into a bucket or scuttle which is attached to a round foot having a similar pattern. There are rounded edges on the base of the foot and on the upper ridge of the bucket. A wire handle is attached to each side by being bent into a loop that passes through a static eyelet that is riveted to the side of the bucket. There is a shell-like handle attached on the back to aid in pouring. There is a large hole in the bottom with a circular particle board or fiber board insert that sits inside to cover the bottom and the hole. This board has holes drilled in a cross pattern with five (5) across in each direction, sharing one common center hole.
- Place used
- Orange County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
- Type
- scuttles, coal
- Topic
- Black interiors
- Domestic life
- Families
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Clara Ellis Payne
- Object number
- 2012.42.10
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




