Lathe-turned wooden tar bucket with fitted lid and remnants of leather straps. Cylindrical vessel has slight taper inward toward middle. Decorated with two double score marks below center. Above center are shoulders jutting outward with vertical holes through which straps of leather handle pass. Handle also passes through lid of conforming shape, although one strap broken off at shoulder while the other is broken off 3 inches above shoulder.Center hole in lid apparently accepted a now-missing stick used to apply tar to wheels. Broken-off 5-inch length of leather strap rests inside. Tar residue in bucket.
Lancaster County or region.
Provenance
Donor believes bucket descended from family members to his parents who displayed it on their mantle. Donor inherited it from parents.
Lithograph? 2-part marriage certificate in black ink with gold border elements. 2 printed colored flowers are visible through 2 oval cutouts. Certificate announces the marriage of Alice Fisher and John B. Herr.
l. Mrs. John Donachy and niece, Emily Elizabeth Bateman; 2. John Donachy and nephew, William H. Bateman, Jr.; 3. Mrs. William H. Bateman-1st; 4. Mrs. William H. Bateman-2nd
Alexander Hood, father of Mary Bernarda Hood married to Adam Ross Black (wedding announcement from newspaper in case) Note pasted to top of case: "Alexander Hood, 'Fat Boy' of Lancaster Court, one of two Alexanders" .
Theresa Jones Dorwart and her brothers Joseph Jones, Washington Jones, or Freeland Jones (they are not identified specifically). All were raised by Josephine Maxwell, sister to their mother Elizabeth Boley Jones. (note with more information in case)