Old antique French coal-scuttle, coal bucket

French antique coal-scuttle or Coal Bucket. 

Gorgeous antique black coal bucket with handle and grip. Fantastic eye-catcher as decoration for the fireplace. 

Nice vintage worn out look! Dated early 20th century. 

Height: 46 cm (with handle up 53 cm.) 
Length 21.5 cm. 
Width: 21.5 cm. 

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