George III Irish Ribbed Mahogany Peat Bucket
IRELAND, CIRCA 1800
45 x 37 cm
17 ¾ x 14 ½ in
17 ¾ x 14 ½ in
JL29
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Provenance
Private Collection, Switzerland
With ribbed staves and brass coopering with double line decoration, with a brass liner. Peat was the main heating fuel in Ireland in the 1800s due to the dearth of...
With ribbed staves and brass coopering with double line decoration, with a brass liner.
Peat was the main heating fuel in Ireland in the 1800s due to the dearth of natural timber and the cost of coal which had to be imported from England and Scotland.
Buckets with ribbed decoration to the body were usually made in Ireland. In Irish Furniture (Yale University Press, 2007) The Knight of Glin and James Peill illustrate examples of peat buckets which are comparable to this one (p. 257 fig. 212).
Peat was the main heating fuel in Ireland in the 1800s due to the dearth of natural timber and the cost of coal which had to be imported from England and Scotland.
Buckets with ribbed decoration to the body were usually made in Ireland. In Irish Furniture (Yale University Press, 2007) The Knight of Glin and James Peill illustrate examples of peat buckets which are comparable to this one (p. 257 fig. 212).