[TheForge] Terra cotta and thin galvanized bucket ID? Not Blacksmithin

[xlch58 at swbell.net]

Sounds like an antique farm appliance.   My guess would be egg 
incubator, but I have not seen one like that.

Charles

Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer wrote:

> Hi Jeff:
> Sounds like a sort of habachi or cabin warmer, fueled by charcoal 
> perhaps?
>
> Barking Crow wrote:
>
>> At a garage sale this morning I got a galvanized bucket thingy that's 
>> 12" in
>> diameter and 8 1/2" tall with a typical galvanized bucket handle 
>> except the
>> bucket is actually werapped around a red clay "bucket" with a shelf 
>> half way
>> up across the middle that has 12 1" holes evenly spaced around the 
>> 3/4" clay
>> shelf.  The sides of the "bucket" are also of 3/4 " clay.  There is a 
>> door
>> in the galvanized covering  and terra cotta that is 4" x 1 1/2" which 
>> is.
>> There is a thin galvanized door that slides up and down so as to 
>> close the
>> opening which looks like its for putting coals in or out or both.  So 
>> what
>> is it?  Industrial?  Household?  Seems like I should know and 
>> recognize it,
>> but don't.  I paid $5 for it and another small bucket full of rusted 
>> stuff
>> so i guess I didn't get taken too badly.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Jeff in Tallahassee
>>
>>