Shaker Yellow-painted Pail

Shaker Yellow-painted Pail, Canterbury or Enfield, New Hampshire, 19th century, pine staves and bottom, original chrome yellow paint, interior painted white, diamond-shaped bail plates, iron hoops with ends clipped to a "V," hardwood handle with three scribe lines, staves joined with a V-shaped tongue-and-groove joints, painted in black on bottom "E. H./No. 4," ht. 6, dia. 7 in. Note: According to Eldress Bertha Lindsay, "E.H./No. 4" indicates that the pail was used in "East House."