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Bucket with Handle

Attributed To: Joseph Long Lehn (1789-1892)
Medium: Wood, iron, metal, and paint
Place Manufactured: Pennsylvania, USA
Dates: ca. 1885
Dimensions: Height: 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm) Diameter: 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm)
Markings: no marks
Signature: no signature
Inscriptions: no inscriptions
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in American Identities: A New Look, Making Art: Centennial Era, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 75.21
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alastair B. Martin, the Guennol Collection
Image: Overall, 75.21_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Tapering cylindrical wooden form with red painted exterior and white painted interior. Sides are comprised of twelve vertical staves joined by three horizontal metal bands. Hand-painted bands with floral vine motif in green, white, red, and yellow on a black ground. Iron swing handle features turned wood holder. CONDITION - Good, overall paint loss and cracks in red paint and on bands; top two bands have slipped down; bottom band has rusted.

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