A pair of George III mahogany and brass-bound peat buckets early 19th century

with reeded tapering bodies and swing handles

Samuel Henry Newsom, Tellingana, Blackrock, until sold by order of his executors in the 1960s where purchased by the current owners. 

Both of these buckets are in country house condition. There has been some characteristic shrinkage and distortion . They could benefit from waxing.
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Samuel Henry Newsom was an upstanding member of Victorian Irish society, a businessman, council member and board member of various trusts and charities. These peat buckets are a fine example of an affluent household of the time.

A similar example can be found in The Knight of Glin and James Peill, Irish Furniture, London, 2007, p. 257. A similar pair were sold Sotheby’s New York, Property from the Collections of Lily and Edmund J. Safra, 4 November 2005, Lot 377 and a further pair was sold Christie’s London, The Barrett Collection – from Crowe Hall Bath, 16 December 2010, Lot 43, (£16,250)