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Lot 595

Victorian Paint Decorated Coal Hod and Shovel

Estimate: $500 - $700

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British, 19th century, black painted tin coal hod, hinged lid decorated with a painted canvas panel depicting anÿorange cat and flowers, giltÿborder decoration, gilt bronze and creamware handle, on four feet, approximately 16 x 12 x 17-1/2 in.; with matching shovel

Provenance: Private Collection, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Condition

surface dirt layer and accretion, some dents and warping to metal, scattered losses to paint and gilding throughout, some areas of paint retouch, handles with some pitting and cracks, some rust and corrosion to interior undersides of feet, bronze elements with some verdigrisÿ

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