Old Iron Oil Can Pitcher with Great Form and Coiled Spout sailboat on lake painting rich color

rich color

Much better in person than in my not very good photos

for the circus furniture

bow and arrow

Old Iron Oil Can Pitcher with Great Form and Coiled Spout sailboat on lake painting rich colorI don't typically care a lot about old oil cans, but this one struck me as both unusual and excellent looking (and also rather phallic, making it a perfect companion to the XXX bulb kit I just listed!) It appears a handmade (make do?) creation, with weld marks around the spout and handle where it joins the vessel. Clean lines and a great utilitarian directness, and the surface a rather beautiful combination of rust and black. I would treat it as a