Measure or container with metal-reinforced bottom

Object ID:

1952.5554.1

Community:

New York, Mount Lebanon

Description

Cylindrical container with hardwood bottom, possibly maple veneer side band overlapped, feathered, and glued. Bottom held on by a sheet metal band (either tin-plated or galvanized) which is bent around base of cylinder and crimped over bottom, overlap soldered. There is a shadow on the side from some sort of label or other device and within shadow are remnants of material which appear as outlines of two human figures with something else centered above and a further outline below the left figure.

New York Mount Lebanon Church Family

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