Shaker Yellow-painted Pail

Description:

Shaker Yellow-painted Pail, Canterbury, New Hampshire, late 19th century, pine staves and bottom, yellow paint with white interior, diamond-shaped bail plates, iron hoops with ends clipped to a V, hardwood convex handle stained red with a scribe line in the center, staves joined with V-shaped tongue-and-groove joints, "E.H. No. 11" in black paint on the bottom, ht. 5, dia. 7 in.

Note: According to Eldress Bertha Lindsay this mark designated the East House at Canterbury, New Hampshire.
Estimate $1,500-2,500


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