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Antique Walnut Coal Box
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for sale €176     $191
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Antique Walnut Coal Box

1900 - 1920
For Sale by Salt Antiques
Description

A really good quality antique walnut coal box in great condition with brass fittings complete with tin liner and original brass shovel.

The large handle on the top serves not only as a carrying handle but if push it backwards it opens the two front doors .

Physical Dimensions
Height
43cm (16.93")
Width
34cm (13.39")
Depth
47cm (18.50")
Declaration

Salt Antiques has dated this Antique Walnut Coal Scuttle to the Edwardian era.

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SA1011290
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Description
A really good quality antique walnut coal box in great condition with brass fittings complete with tin liner and original brass shovel.
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The large handle on the top serves not only as a carrying handle but if push it backwards it opens the two front doors.
Salt Antiques

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Height
43cm (16.93")
Width
34cm (13.39")
Depth
47cm (18.50")
Date of Manufacture

Salt Antiques has dated this Antique Walnut Coal Scuttle to the Edwardian era.

Reference Numbers
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SA1011290
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An antique Victorian walnut coal purdonium featuring a sloped front with brass ornamental strap mounts, double doors, and a turned wooden and brass carrying handle on top.
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Archive I An antique Victorian walnut coal purdonium featuring a sloped front with brass ornamental strap mounts, double doors, and a turned wooden and brass carrying handle on top.

Antique Walnut Coal Box

Archive II An antique Victorian walnut coal purdonium featuring a sloped front with brass ornamental strap mounts, double doors, and a turned wooden and brass carrying handle on top. View II
Archive III An antique Victorian walnut coal purdonium featuring a sloped front with brass ornamental strap mounts, double doors, and a turned wooden and brass carrying handle on top. View III
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Archive VI An antique Victorian walnut coal purdonium featuring a sloped front with brass ornamental strap mounts, double doors, and a turned wooden and brass carrying handle on top. View VI
Archive VII An antique Victorian walnut coal purdonium featuring a sloped front with brass ornamental strap mounts, double doors, and a turned wooden and brass carrying handle on top. View VII
Archive VIII An antique Victorian walnut coal purdonium featuring a sloped front with brass ornamental strap mounts, double doors, and a turned wooden and brass carrying handle on top. View VIII
Archive IX An antique Victorian walnut coal purdonium featuring a sloped front with brass ornamental strap mounts, double doors, and a turned wooden and brass carrying handle on top. View IX
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An antique Victorian walnut coal purdonium featuring a sloped front with brass ornamental strap mounts, double doors, and a turned wooden and brass carrying handle on top.
ANTIQUE WALNUT COAL BOX
Ref: SA1011290
An antique Victorian walnut coal purdonium featuring a sloped front with brass ornamental strap mounts, double doors, and a turned wooden and brass carrying handle on top.
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A coal purdonium is a specialised wooden box designed during the nineteenth century to store coal discreetly near a household fireplace. Unlike open metal scuttles, purdoniums featured sloped fronts and hinged drop doors to conceal the fuel and maintain neatness in Victorian living spaces.

Victorian coal boxes were typically constructed from solid hardwoods such as walnut, oak, or mahogany, often fitted with a removable galvanised iron liner to hold the fuel. Decorative accents usually included cast brass handles, ornamental strap hinges, and turned wooden grips.

Authentic nineteenth-century coal scuttles exhibit hand-assembled joinery, natural age-related patination on brass fittings, and original iron lining canisters inside. Signs of historic wear around the lower base and internal soot residues are common indicators of genuine period use.

An antique coal box functions effectively as a fireside storage bin for kindling, logs, or firelighters beside a modern stove or open hearth. Alternatively, it can be repurposed as a unique side accent to hold magazines or entryway items in a hallway.

Clean the exterior wooden surfaces regularly using a soft cloth and apply a high-quality beeswax polish to preserve the timber finish. Brass fittings should be dusted lightly, avoiding harsh liquid cleaners that could strip the original aged patina or damage adjacent woodwork.
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