ANTIQUE NAIVE PRIMITIVE RED PAINT FIRKIN SUGAR BUCKET BENTWOOD PANTRY BR JENKINS for Sale

ANTIQUE NAIVE PRIMITIVE RED PAINT FIRKIN SUGAR BUCKET BENTWOOD PANTRY BR JENKINS For Sale

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ANTIQUE NAIVE PRIMITIVE RED PAINT FIRKIN SUGAR BUCKET BENTWOOD PANTRY BR JENKINS:
$425.00

THIS FIRKIN WAS PART OF AN EXHIBIT OF AMERICAN FOLK ART WHEN IT WAS PART OF 'THE CORA AND EBENEZER ESTATE'. IT WAS SOLD AT sale.
IF YOU KNOW FIRKINS YOU WILL SEE ALL THE CHARACTERISTICS OF AN AUTHENTIC STUNNING MID 19TH C FIRKIN OR SUGAR BUCKET. IT IS MARKED ' B.J. JENKINS ON THE LID. THE BANDS ARE TIGHT AND THE PIECE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THIS IS DEFINITELY FOR THE 'SERIOUS COLLECTOR' OR SOMEONE WHO WOULD LOVE A RED VIBRANT PAINT THAT ONLY TIME CAN ACHIEVE, ERGO THE PATINA. WITH AGE. STUNNING, STUNNING BLUE PAINTED EXTERIOR. PERHAPS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL. PERFECT AGED WOOD TO THE INTERIOR. 2 WOODEN PIECES BELOW RIM TO HOLD THE HANDLE. THE RED ON THE LID IS FADED BUT BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU CAN READ THE NAME CLEARER. PAINTED. BLUE IS ONLY SLIGHTLY FADED AND IS STRONG AND VIBRANT. STILL HAS THAT AGED COLOR THAT ONLY COMES FROM TIME. MID-LATE 19THC. IT SEEMS THAT THE ORIGIN IS VERMONT - NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW ENGLAND.HEIGHT WITH LID - JUST OVER 14 INCHES. DIAMETER - 9.5 INCHES
I AM CONCENTRATING ON MY FRENCH ANTIQUE COLLECTION FOR MY SHOP....SO...THIS IS THE BEST PIECE IN THE SHOP WHEN IT COMES TO THIS GENRE. I PAID BEAUCOUP OF MONEY!