Early Aafa Antique Primitive Folk Art Firkin Wood Bucket Original White Paint
EARLY AAFA ANTIQUE PRIMITIVE FOLK ART FIRKIN WOOD BUCKET ORIGINAL WHITE PAINT. Up for sale is this wonderful white and blue firkin!! Some people call them a flour buckets, sugar buckets, pales or pantry boxes!! Wow, look at the wonderful color and character of this cute little firkin!!! It appears to be their untouched original paint. It’s a white, off-white color on the sides and a blue-ish green (it’s not blue) color on the lid. We’re not sure if the lid is original. This firkin is the small in stature but large in character! It has a wire handle with a wood grip on it and a small metal escutcheon where the wire handle connects to the firkin. It has finger bands and they are nailed and then at the end they have a little staple in them. 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. Inside the firkin has white drips as you can see in the pictures. The color is creamy, grungy off-white and not a white white. The lid is a blue-ish green. The paint is crackled, dry and very flat in finish. This firkin measures 7″ at the bottom and 6.25″ at the top (outside of lid) and it’s about 6.75 high. It weighs about 1.25 lbs. This firkin is painted and has some fading, crackling paint, edgewear, divots in the surface, streaks, paint loss, wood missing here and there, streaks, paint loss, paint chips, grunge and patina. The condition is exactly what you want to see in old true antique!! 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 “EARLY AAFA ANTIQUE PRIMITIVE FOLK ART FIRKIN WOOD BUCKET ORIGINAL WHITE PAINT” is in sale since Sunday, November 19, 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.