ANTIQUE NAIVE PRIMITIVE RED PAINT FIRKIN SUGAR BUCKET WOODEN PANTRY HAS NAME For Sale

THIS FIRKIN WAS PART OF AN EXHIBIT OF AMERICAN FOLK ART WHEN IT WAS PART OF 'THE CORA AND EBENEZER REDKIN 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 REDVIBRANT PAINT THAT ONLY TIME CAN ACHIEVE, ERGO THE PATINA. WITH AGE. STUNNING, STUNNING BLUE PAINTED EXTERIOR. PERHAPS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL RED PAINT EVER FOUND. PERFECT AGED WOOD TO THE INTERIOR. 2 WOODEN STAVES BELOW TO HOLD THE HANDLE AND AT THE BOTTOM AS WELL. THE RED ON THE LID IS FADED BUT BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU CAN READ THE NAME CLEARER. THE PAINTED RED IS A SCOOCH 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 AMERICANA SECTION OF MY SHOP WHEN IT COMES TO THIS GENRE. I PAID BEAUCOUP OF MONEY!

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