Curious Tightly Wrapped Layers of Lead Foil Ball (2 lbs) antique handled bucket Some paint loss as evident

Some paint loss as evident

functioning just fine

More than three feet long

There is one small hairline crack along the lip

Curious Tightly Wrapped Layers of Lead Foil Ball (2 lbs) antique handled bucket Some paint loss as evidentI love this thing, found at my favorite family owned cabinet of old wonders and curiosities sort of a shop in New Hampshire this week. It is solid, and heavy, and was made it appears by wrapping one scrap of lead foil over another, again and again. I have no idea its origins, but presume made by a worker regularly using lead foil a plumber or electrician or ? Feels like it has a good bit of age to it and it really quite a beautiful, sculptural,