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Painted yellow with brown wood graining, white on the inside, signed
"MURDOCK & FAIRBANKS / EXTRA/ WINCHENDON / MASS."
Tongue and groove staves,
two
metal bands w/ traces of red paint,
approximately 8-inches high by 14.75-inches across top by 13-inches across
bottom.
In the 19th century virtually every New England town of any size had some type of specialized industry
it was famous for.
In the case of Winchendon it was tubs and buckets.
Records indicate Murdock & Fairbanks
were in operation in 1846.
INV # 265
$1150
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