Bidspirit auction | Three Green and Blue-Painted Softwood

Three Green and Blue-Painted Softwood Firkins, 19th Century - Three Green and Blue-Painted Softwood Firkins, 19th Century Comprising three graduated firkins, each having a bentwood bail handle, staved, finger-joint banded with tack construction. The smallest blue-painted firkin stamped to the lid, 'C. WILDER & SON / SO HINGHAM, MASS'; the largest blue-painted firkin stamped to the lid, 'SARATOGA'. (3) Dimensions: Height of largest 14 3/4in; diameter 15 1/4in; Height of green firkin 12in; diameter 12 1/4in; Height of smallest 10in; diameter 9 3/4in. Provenance: From the Dorothea & Tom Buckner Estate. Dotty (Dorothea) and Tom Buckner began collecting Early American painted primitive furniture and accessories in 1979 and over the next 22 years they were regular buyers from a number of respected Bucks County, Pennsylvania antique dealers. Condition: Each retaining early paint. General marks, wear, abrasions, surface scratches and small losses throughout. The green firkin with some loss to the banding near joint.