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Fantastic Quality Antique Victorian Copper and Brass Lidded Coal Bin
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Fantastic Quality Antique Victorian Copper and Brass Lidded Coal Bin

19th century
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Fantastic quality antique Victorian copper and brass lidded coal bin, having a fantastic quality antique Victorian copper lidded coal bin with brass lions head ring handles to the sides, a shaped removable lid finished with a brass urn finale, raised on four brass bun feet.

Date of Manufacture

Rebecca Sarah Antiques has dated this Victorian Copper Coal Bin to the 1880s.

Physical Dimensions
Height
38cm (14.96")
Width
42cm (16.54")
Depth
35cm (13.78")
Reference Numbers
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SA1243821
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Fantastic quality antique Victorian copper and brass lidded coal bin, having a fantastic quality antique Victorian copper lidded coal bin with brass lions head ring handles to the sides, a shaped removable lid finished with a brass urn finale, raised on four brass bun feet.
Date of Manufacture

Rebecca Sarah Antiques has dated this Victorian Copper Coal Bin to the 1880s.

Height
38cm (14.96")
Width
42cm (16.54")
Depth
35cm (13.78")
Reference Numbers
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SA1243821
Rebecca Sarah Antiques
Sellingantiques verified Since Jun 2019
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An oval Victorian copper coal bin featuring a fitted lid with a brass finial, an embossed brass floral border, drop handles, and brass bun feet.
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Archive I An oval Victorian copper coal bin featuring a fitted lid with a brass finial, an embossed brass floral border, drop handles, and brass bun feet.

Fantastic Quality Antique Victorian Copper and Brass Lidded Coal Bin

Archive II An oval Victorian copper coal bin featuring a fitted lid with a brass finial, an embossed brass floral border, drop handles, and brass bun feet. View II
Archive III An oval Victorian copper coal bin featuring a fitted lid with a brass finial, an embossed brass floral border, drop handles, and brass bun feet. View III
Archive IV An oval Victorian copper coal bin featuring a fitted lid with a brass finial, an embossed brass floral border, drop handles, and brass bun feet. View IV
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Archive VI An oval Victorian copper coal bin featuring a fitted lid with a brass finial, an embossed brass floral border, drop handles, and brass bun feet. View VI
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Rebecca Sarah Antiques
Telephone 07789 374912
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Suffolk
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Dealer Profile Page sellingantiques.co.uk/rebeccasarahantiques
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An oval Victorian copper coal bin featuring a fitted lid with a brass finial, an embossed brass floral border, drop handles, and brass bun feet.
Fantastic quality antique Victorian copper and brass lidded coal bin
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An oval Victorian copper coal bin featuring a fitted lid with a brass finial, an embossed brass floral border, drop handles, and brass bun feet.
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  • ObjectCoal Bins
  • Period19th century
  • StyleVictorian
  • MaterialCopper, Brass
  • ColourWarm Copper
  • MotifsFloral embossed border, Brass urn finial, Bun feet, Drop side handles
  • SizeH 38 cm (15 in) x W 42 cm (17 in) x D 35 cm (14 in)

Dating from the Victorian period around 1880, this English Country House coal bin functions as a traditional fireside container for the hearth. The body is formed from warm copper with brass hardware, comprising an oval shape standing upon four brass bun feet, with drop side handles mounted through lion's head mounts. A fitted, shaped removable lid sits on top, finished with a brass urn finial. An embossed brass floral border runs around the upper section of the bin beneath the rim, while the main copper body displays surface scuffs and marks consistent with age and use. Practical for everyday home placement next to a fireplace hearth, this lidded container measures 38 cm high, 42 cm wide, and 35 cm deep. The combination of polished metal highlights against the patinated copper surface provides functional storage for solid fuel while serving as decorative metalware within a living space or study.

FAQs

During the nineteenth century, coal was the primary heating fuel for domestic hearths across Britain. Lidded coal bins, often called purdoniums, were designed to keep fuel tidy and contained within living rooms, evolving from utilitarian metal buckets into decorative parlour furnishings.

Victorian hearthware was predominantly constructed from sheet copper, brass, cast iron, and sheet steel. High-grade examples frequently combined polished copper bodies with cast brass handles, feet, and decorative bandings.

Authentic nineteenth-century pieces typically exhibit signs of hand-hammering, dovetailed or riveted joints, and natural patination along seam lines. Heavier gauge metalwork and hand-cast brass mountings are common indicators of period craftsmanship.

A lidded copper bin serves as ideal fireside storage for modern logs, kindling, or firelighters beside a wood-burning stove. Outside the living room, these vessels are frequently repurposed as decorative floor planters or entryway storage containers.

Dust metal surfaces regularly with a soft dry cloth to prevent dirt accumulation. To preserve the original aged patina, avoid abrasive chemical cleansers, or polish sparingly with specialized metal cream if a bright finish is preferred.
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