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Antique Copper Baluster Watering Can Signed Peschard Quai Mégisserie Paris 19th Century


Antique Copper Baluster Watering Can Signed Peschard Quai Mégisserie Paris 19th Century

Antique Copper Baluster Watering Can Signed Peschard Quai Mégisserie Paris 19th Century    Antique Copper Baluster Watering Can Signed Peschard Quai Mégisserie Paris 19th Century

Add this store to my favorites. Antique copper watering can, baluster-shaped, signed A.

Peschard 8-10 Quai de la Mégisserie Paris - Gardening tools - Household items, late 19th century. This watering can is in its original condition, in a state "as found in an attic." It comes from a beautiful property of an old family from Brittany.

It will need to be cleaned. Note: some dents, indentations, and bumps on the body, traces of repairs (welds) in places, signs of wear over time. Please carefully examine the photos. We are listing a second similar watering can for sale on this site. It was the Quai de la Mégisserie or Quai de la Ferraille in the 18th century; previously Quai de la Saunerie.

It may have also been known as Quai de la Ferronnerie. Merchants of old scrap metal displayed their goods along the quay without occupying the buildings.

There were also seed merchants, bird sellers, and hardware dealers... Diameter: spout 17 cm Diameter at base: 22 cm Height: 40 cm Total width: 48.5 cm.
Antique Copper Baluster Watering Can Signed Peschard Quai Mégisserie Paris 19th Century    Antique Copper Baluster Watering Can Signed Peschard Quai Mégisserie Paris 19th Century