Coal scuttle owned by members of the Ellis family

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A coal scuttle made from off-white painted sheet iron alloy shaped with one end designed to pour and the other having a solid handle attached to the body with an additional swinging handle attached at either side of the top through metal loops. The metal alloy has been pressed with a pattern, die cut, and bent into a bucket or scuttle which is attached to a round foot having a similar pattern. There are rounded edges on the base of the foot and on the upper ridge of the bucket. A wire handle is attached to each side by being bent into a loop that passes through a static eyelet that is riveted to the side of the bucket. There is a shell-like handle attached on the back to aid in pouring.

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