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C19th Leather Fire Bucket
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C19th Leather Fire Bucket

19th century
Sold 6 November 2025 · Martin Murray Antiques
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A most attractive leather fire bucket with copper rim and rivets, good sturdy condition with just the right amount of sag to give an interesting shape. These buckets make excellent kindling containers and add texture to a fireplace alternatively they can house dried flowers or house plants..

British early 19th Century

Physical Dimensions
Height
30.5cm (12.01")
Width
28cm (11.02")
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Martin Murray Antiques has dated this Leather Fire Bucket to the 19th Century.

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SA1142291
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mm82
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Description
A most attractive leather fire bucket with copper rim and rivets, good sturdy condition with just the right amount of sag to give an interesting shape.
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These buckets make excellent kindling containers and add texture to a fireplace alternatively they can house dried flowers or house plants.
Martin Murray Antiques

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British early 19th Century

Height
30.5cm (12.01")
Width
28cm (11.02")
Date of Manufacture

Martin Murray Antiques has dated this Leather Fire Bucket to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers
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SA1142291
Dealers Internal Ref
mm82
Martin Murray Antiques
Martin Murray Antiques
Sellingantiques verified Since Dec 2024

Specialist in early furniture and works of art

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An antique dark brown leather fire bucket featuring riveted seams, a reinforced metal rim, and a curved leather carrying handle. SOLD6+ MONTHS AGO
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Archive I An antique dark brown leather fire bucket featuring riveted seams, a reinforced metal rim, and a curved leather carrying handle. SOLD6+ MONTHS AGO

C19th Leather Fire Bucket

Archive II An antique dark brown leather fire bucket featuring riveted seams, a reinforced metal rim, and a curved leather carrying handle. View II
Archive III An antique dark brown leather fire bucket featuring riveted seams, a reinforced metal rim, and a curved leather carrying handle. View III
Archive IV An antique dark brown leather fire bucket featuring riveted seams, a reinforced metal rim, and a curved leather carrying handle. View IV
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Martin Murray Antiques

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An antique dark brown leather fire bucket featuring riveted seams, a reinforced metal rim, and a curved leather carrying handle.
C19th leather fire bucket
Ref: SA1142291
An antique dark brown leather fire bucket featuring riveted seams, a reinforced metal rim, and a curved leather carrying handle.
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Cataloguer’s note

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  • ObjectFire Bucket
  • Period19th century
  • StyleGeorgian / Victorian
  • MaterialLeather, Metal, Pitch
  • ColourDark Brown
  • MotifsRiveted seams, Reinforced rim, Moulded leather body, Carrying handle
  • SizeH 30.5 cm (12 in) x W 28 cm (11 in)

FAQs

Leather fire buckets date back centuries, often commissioned by parishes, merchant guilds, and insurance companies before the advent of municipal fire brigades. Citizens formed human chains, passing water-filled buckets from a water source to the blaze.

These vessels were typically constructed from thick, vegetable-tanned ox hide that was soaked and moulded over a wooden form. They were stitched together at the seam, often reinforced with metal rivets or copper bands, and pitched inside with tar or wax to ensure waterproofing.

Authentic pieces exhibit heavy patination, hand-stitched seams, traditional riveting, and often remnants of painted parish numbers, family crests, or insurance company marks on the exterior.

These items serve as striking decorative objects in traditional or rustic settings and can be utilised to hold fireplace kindling, rolled umbrellas, or dried botanicals.

Preservation requires keeping the leather away from direct heat sources and sunlight to prevent cracking. Applying a microcrystalline wax or specialist leather conditioner periodically helps maintain the historical hide.
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