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19th C Boiled Leather Bucket
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19th C Boiled Leather Bucket

19th century
Sold 27 June 2025 · Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares
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Description

A 19th Century Boiled Leather Bucket.

With a leather strap handle, with iron rings, meeting the bucket with a rivetted copper banded rim and rivetted joins to the body and recessed foot rim. The underside impressed for the maker 'A Ross and Co, Bermondsey 1874'

Height 12 inches, 31cm.

Width 11 inches, 28cm.

Depth 11 inches, 28cm.

Physical Dimensions
Height
31cm (12.20")
Width
28cm (11.02")
Depth
28cm (11.02")
Declaration

Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares has dated this Antique Leather Fire Bucket to the 19th Century.

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SA1147756
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24123
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Mytton Antiques

Norton Crossroads

Atcham

Shropshire SY44UH

01952740229

07860575639

Description
A 19th Century Boiled Leather Bucket.
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With a leather strap handle, with iron rings, meeting the bucket with a rivetted copper banded rim and rivetted joins to the body and recessed foot rim.
Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares

The underside impressed for the maker 'A Ross and Co, Bermondsey 1874'

Height 12 inches, 31cm.

Width 11 inches, 28cm.

Depth 11 inches, 28cm.

Height
31cm (12.20")
Width
28cm (11.02")
Depth
28cm (11.02")
Date of Manufacture

Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares has dated this Antique Leather Fire Bucket to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1147756
Dealers Internal Ref
24123
Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares
Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares
Sellingantiques verified Since May 2008

Fine antiques from the 18th century onwards, supplying both trade and private customers worldwide.

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Archive I A dark brown 19th-century boiled leather bucket featuring a vertical row of copper rivets and a curved leather handle. SOLD6+ MONTHS AGO

19th C Boiled Leather Bucket

Archive II A dark brown 19th-century boiled leather bucket featuring a vertical row of copper rivets and a curved leather handle. View II
Archive III A dark brown 19th-century boiled leather bucket featuring a vertical row of copper rivets and a curved leather handle. View III
Archive IV A dark brown 19th-century boiled leather bucket featuring a vertical row of copper rivets and a curved leather handle. View IV
Archive V A dark brown 19th-century boiled leather bucket featuring a vertical row of copper rivets and a curved leather handle. View V
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Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares

Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares
Telephone 01952 740 229 or 07860 575 639
Location
Atcham (just off J7 of M54)
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY4 4UH
United Kingdom
Dealer Profile Page sellingantiques.co.uk/mytton
Verified Since May 2008
Items For Sale 152
Items Sold 4,448
Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares
Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares
Verified Since May 2008
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Location: Atcham (just off J7 of M54), Shrewsbury, Shropshire , SY4 4UH, United Kingdom
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A dark brown 19th-century boiled leather bucket featuring a vertical row of copper rivets and a curved leather handle.
19TH C BOILED LEATHER BUCKET
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A dark brown 19th-century boiled leather bucket featuring a vertical row of copper rivets and a curved leather handle.
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  • ObjectDecorative Vessels
  • Period19th century
  • StyleVictorian & Gothic
  • MaterialLeather, Copper, Iron
  • ColourDark Brown
  • MotifsCopper riveting, Stitched vertical seam, Reinforced rim, Loop handle
  • SizeH 31 cm (12 in) x W 28 cm (11 in) x D 28 cm (11 in)

FAQs

Leather fire buckets date back centuries as essential firefighting equipment used by households and towns before the advent of municipal fire hydrants and modern fire engines.

They were typically fashioned from heavy-hide leather treated through a process called boiling or waxing to make it rigid and waterproof, then reinforced with copper or iron rivets and sturdy leather handles.

Authentic pieces show genuine age-related wear, hand-stitched seams, traditional metal riveting, and patination consistent with centuries of handling and environmental exposure.

These pieces function well as sculptural floor objects, used to hold walking sticks, rolled maps, or dried botanicals within traditional or eclectic interior schemes.

Preservation involves keeping the leather away from direct heat sources and sunlight, and occasionally treating the surface with a museum-grade microcrystalline wax to prevent drying and cracking.
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