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Antique Copper Coal Helmet Scuttle
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Antique Copper Coal Helmet Scuttle

19th century
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An attractive example of a copper coal scuttle with brass handle. Lovely embossed design to bode, which is unusual. A good glowing patina and no major dents or damage, ready to place by your fire.heavy quality Delivery to UK mainland is included in the price. Thank you for looking.

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Antiquus has dated this Copper Helmet Coal Scuttle to the Victorian era.

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An attractive example of a copper coal scuttle with brass handle. Lovely embossed design to bode, which is unusual. A good glowing patina and no major dents or damage, ready to place by your fire.heavy quality Delivery to UK mainland is included in the price. Thank you for looking.
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Antiquus has dated this Copper Helmet Coal Scuttle to the Victorian era.

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Victorian copper helmet coal scuttle with embossed lobed detailing, overhead copper handle, and brass fittings on a round pedestal base.
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Archive I Victorian copper helmet coal scuttle with embossed lobed detailing, overhead copper handle, and brass fittings on a round pedestal base.

Antique Copper Coal Helmet Scuttle

Archive II Victorian copper helmet coal scuttle with embossed lobed detailing, overhead copper handle, and brass fittings on a round pedestal base. View II
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Victorian copper helmet coal scuttle with embossed lobed detailing, overhead copper handle, and brass fittings on a round pedestal base.
Antique copper coal helmet scuttle
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Victorian copper helmet coal scuttle with embossed lobed detailing, overhead copper handle, and brass fittings on a round pedestal base.
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  • ObjectFireside Accessories
  • Period19th century
  • StyleVictorian
  • MaterialCopper, Brass
  • ColourCopper
  • MotifsRepousse lobed base, brass rivets, fixed copper handle, pedestal base

This Victorian fireside accessory is an antique copper coal helmet scuttle crafted in a rustic farmhouse style. The piece displays a glowing copper body finished with an embossed repousse lobed design around the base, a fixed overhead copper handle secured by brass rivets and brackets, and a decorative brass handle at the back. Additional visible details include a dark interior, a round pedestal base with horizontal mouldings, and warm metallic colour variations across the surfaces. It measures approximately 35 cm in height and 45 cm in width, making it a substantial container for holding fuel near a fireplace. Homeowners today use this scuttle positioned by the fireplace hearth to store and transport coal or logs, adding period character and functional utility to traditional living spaces.

FAQs

A coal helmet scuttle is a specialised fireside container developed during the nineteenth century to store and pour coal into fireplaces, characterized by an angled rim resembling a helmet.

Traditional coal scuttles were primarily crafted from sheet copper, brass, or iron, using hand-driven copper rivets, rolled edges, and cast brass handles for structural support.

Authentic nineteenth-century pieces feature hand-riveted joints, dovetailed seams, natural surface oxidisation, and slight irregularities resulting from hand-hammering and repousse decoration.

In contemporary interiors, an antique copper scuttle can be placed on a fireplace hearth to hold kindling, rolled magazines, or dried floral arrangements to introduce texture and warmth.

Maintain copper hearthware by dusting regularly with a dry microfibre cloth and avoiding abrasive chemical cleaners that strip the original patination.
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