Large Round Antique Wooden Bucket material-wood Once used to carry water

Once used to carry water

Today they make useful containers for logs or kindling

decorated in gold with jasmine blossom

our cream lacquer wardrobe is based on the thick framed 'square cornered' cabinets that were commonly made in Beijing and other parts of northern China

Large Round Antique Wooden Bucket material-wood Once used to carry waterHunan, circa 1920 These old buckets date from the early 20th century and are from Hunan province in southern China. Mostly made from fir wood, they vary slightly in size and style and still have the old metal hoops and supporting braces on the handles. Today they make useful containers for logs or kindling, as magazine or toilet roll holders, or as indoor planters.