coal scuttle

Fireplace fuel container

A coal scuttle is a metal container, typically bucket-shaped with a handle, used to carry and store coal for household fires.

The scuttle often has a lip or spout for pouring coal into a fireplace or stove: She filled the coal scuttle from the bin in the cellar.

Once common in homes heated by coal fires, the object is now largely historical.

Related

caddy · Victorian · cast iron · fireplace · open fire · bellows · ash pan · fireside · pail · clinker · briquette · andiron · shovel · solid fuel · canister · tongs · bin · grate

Categories
Opposites
fuel container type

coal scuttlewoodpile

Stored cut logs

log basket · oil tank · gas cylinder · propane tank · wood shed

Family

coal, coals, scuttle, scuttled, scuttling, coaler

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G