(3) EARLY AAFA ANTIQUE PRIMITIVE FOLK ART STACK FIRKINS BUCKETS ORIGINAL PAINT. Up for sale are these wonderful set of (3) firkins!! Some people call them a flour buckets, sugar buckets, pales or pantry boxes!! Wow, look at the wonderful color and character of these!!! They all have what appears to be their original paint. They are a white, off-white and one is a mustard color. Here’s the condition of each one. Small Off-white firkin in the top of the stack: This firkin is the smallest of the three and has a wire handle with a wood grip on it and a wire loop and escutcheon where the wire handle connects to the firkin. This one has finger bands and they are nailed up at the top wooden band and at the end of the finger band it has a little staple in it. Then, the bottom band is metal and it’s rusty around the edges. The bands and the staves are pretty tight on this firkin. This firkin is very clean inside but it’s lid has some wear and loss around the bottom rim of the lid as you can see in the close up picture of the lid. The color is creamy off white and not as white as the big one on the bottom. The paint is crackled, dry and very flat in finish. It appears to be the original paint. This firkin measures 8″ at the bottom and 7.75″ at the top (outside of lid) and it’s about 8 high. It weighs about 2 lbs. Mustard Color firkin in the middle of the stack. This firkin is a nice large sized firkin with a wood handle with a wood knobbin where the handle connects to the firkin. This one has regular ended band on the top with three little nails in it and the other bands on the firkin are finger bands. They are nailed the ends and there is one band at the top of the firkin and two at the bottom. The top band and the top of the bottom two bands are just a little loose. The staves are fairly tight on this firkin. This firkin is also very clean inside. It’s lid is not painted and is a wood color (not mustard painted like the firkin) but the lid is in good shape considering it’s age. This is not the original lid to this firkin. This firkin is a nice mustard color and the paint is dry and patina-ed. This firkin measures 12″ in diameter at the bottom and 11.5″ in diameter at the outside of the lid. It’s about 12.25 high and weighs about 4.5 lbs. Large off-white firkin at the bottom of the stack. This firkin is huge and is the largest of the three and has a. Wood handle with a wood knobbin where the handle connects to the firkin. This one has regular ended bands and they are nailed up at the top wooden band and at the two bottom wooden finger bands. The ends of the two bottom bands are nailed. The top and first of the bottom two bands are fairly tight. The bottom bottom band is just a little loose. This firkin is more white than the top one and the paint is crackled, chipped and aged with just a little patina. The lid has some wood missing on it as you can see in the pictures but is in good shape considering it’s age. This firkin is patina-ed and has chips, dings, missing paint, etc. At the bottom of the firkin, around the bottom rim, there is a little notch, almost like a knot hole that’s now gone. This firkin measures in 15.25″ in diameter at the bottom and 14.5″ in diameter at the outside of the lid. It’s about 13.5 high to the top of the lid. It weighs about 8.5 lbs. The firkins are painted and all have some fading, crackling paint, edgewear, divots in the surface, streaks, paint loss, wood missing here and there, streaks, paint loss, paint chips and patina. The condition of these are exactly what you want to see in old true antiques!! Please look at the photos for a more accurate description and detail and ask lots of questions if needed. We regularly put up new items so check out our other items. We will do our best to answer your questions. We will handle them on a case-by-case basis. We will do the same. We couldn’t sell anything if it wasn’t for you and the time you have taken to spend looking at our items. As a very small business we strive to keep you as our customer! We GUARANTEE that your item(s) will be received as described. We work hard to describe them correctly and in detail (note that the pictures are part of the description) with all flaws (if any) exposed. The item “3 EARLY AAFA ANTIQUE PRIMITIVE FOLK ART FIRKIN WOOD BUCKET ORIGINAL PAINT STACK” is in sale since Sunday, November 12, 2017. This item is in the category “Antiques\Mercantile, Trades & Factories\Other Mercantile Antiques”. The seller is “americas-place” and is located in Riverside, California. This item can be shipped to United States.
