My guess is that this brass coal scuttle, was made in Hong Kong, circa 1970's- 1980's. Lovely porcelain delft handle, with lion head trim. Perfect for the traditional home decor, British Colonial Style...
A coal scuttle, sometimes spelled coalscuttle and also called a hod, "coal bucket", or "coal pail", is a bucket-like container for holding a small, intermediate supply of coal convenient to an indoor coal-fired stove or heater.
Coal scuttles are usually made of metal and shaped as a vertical cylinder or truncated cone, with the open top slanted for pouring coal on a fire. It may have one or two handles.[1] Homes that do not use coal sometimes use a coal scuttle decoratively
The word scuttle comes, via Middle English and Old English, from the Latin word Scutula, meaning a shallow pan.An alternative name, hod, derives from the Old French hotte, meaning "basket," and is also used in reference to boxes used to carry bricks or other construction material
Materials: brass, porcelain.
