Re: Buckets with ears ...

["Patrik Djurfeldt"]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christian Folini" 
Subject: Buckets with ears ...


>...
> Now the question is: Is Cezary really right?
> Buckets with ears -> wooden handle
> Buckets without ears -> rope handle
>
> What is the proportion between ears and no-ears anyways?

Christian,

A "quick and dirty" search confirmed that he is probably right.

What is perhaps most interesting is that among a large number of buckets, I
could not find a single clear example of a bucket with a rope handle! I am
sure that you can find rope handles, but from what I have seen, they are not
that common. There is probably a good reason, since a rope would tend to
pull the staves together, increasing the stress on the bucket. The closest
thing to a rope handle (that I could find now) is the following
picture:(http://kvast.blakulla.net/patrik/bilder/Pruhonice_Tschechien_Kirche
%20Maria%20Geburt_1315_1325.jpg) but the handle does not have the diagonal
lines like those of the clearly identifiable rope in the same painting. The
handle could very well be made of some other material.

Buckets (and "tubs" or "vats") with two wooden ears are common. Many have no
handle attached at all:
http://kvast.blakulla.net/patrik/bilder/Meister%20des%20Albrechtsaltars,%201438,%201440_laxfogad%20l%e5da.jpg

In many cases the "missing" handle is probably a temporarily removed wooden
one:
http://kvast.blakulla.net/patrik/bilder/%d6st_Natbib_Cod%203044_fol%20123v_1465_1475.jpg

Iron (roughly semi-circular) handles are also common. They are sometimes
attached to wooden ears. In other cases the metal handle seems to have been
attached to iron rings at the rim of the bucket, or possibly to extensions
to the upper metal(?) band:
http://kvast.blakulla.net/patrik/bilder/Speculum%20Humanae%20Salvationis_%d6stNatbib_cod%20s%20n%2012823_1445_1455.jpg &
http://kvast.blakulla.net/patrik/bilder/Speculum%20Humanae%20Salvationis_%d6stNatbib_cod%20s%20n%202612_1350_1400.jpg

There are also smaller "buckets" with a single wooden ear (with an "empty"
hole), often used to fill larger vats, or used by over-sized saints to put
out the flames in churches! :-)

Even if this is a fairly quick search, it appears that we should try to use
alternatives to rope handles.

Regards,
Patrik