Vintage black coal scuttle, hod, coal bucket, coal pail, or coalscuttle. From the '60s

Black coal scuttle from the '60s. 

Lovely black vintage coal scuttle. Great item for decoration next to the fireplace. No rust, good condition. Two handles.  

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. It is 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. Homes that don't use coal sometimes use a coal scuttle decoratively. 

Coal-scuttles are still often found in modern interiors. Today, they stand in the living room for decoration are they in use in the hallway or corridor as umbrella stand. 

• Height: 61 cm. 
• Diameter at botom: 22,5 cm.