Shaker Yellow-painted Laundry Pail

Shaker Yellow-painted Laundry Pail, Canterbury or Enfield, New Hampshire, late 19th century, pine staves and bottom, original paint, diamond-shaped bail plates, iron hoops with ends clipped to a V, hardwood convex handle with a scribe line in the center, staves joined with V-shaped tongue-and-groove joints, "L. 9." in black paint on side, painted in black dots on the bottom "H.A...," interior is blue presumably from the use of bluing, ht. 5 1/8, dia. 6 7/8 in. Note: According to Eldress Bertha Lindsay, "L.9." was Room 9 in the Laundry.