Large Round Antique Wooden Bucket antique-eclectic The level of skill required

The level of skill required to create the panels

narrower version makes a great lamp table or vase stand

Produced around the end of the nineteenth century in Shanxi province

This old school desk and matching stool have been refinished with a distressed

once brightly coloured lacquer is still evident on the spandrels

Large Round Antique Wooden Bucket antique-eclectic The level of skill requiredHunan, circa 1920 These old buckets date from the early 20th century and are from Hunan province in southern China. Mostly made from fir wood, they vary slightly in size and style and still have the old metal hoops and supporting braces on the handles. Today they make useful containers for logs or kindling, as magazine or toilet roll holders, or as indoor planters.