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Answer 1

The coal scuttle came finished in Japanned 'black', 'galvanized'

plating and was also known as the 'coal bucket': This handy slanted front vessel was to be seen alongside the 'coal-wood' stoves in kitchens, living rooms, general stores, and waiting rooms of railroad depots. It was often equipped with a sturdy metal 'half circle' bail or handle and was utilized to carry and safely store a handy supply of coal lumps for feeding the glowing fire within the belly pf the heating stove: The coal bucket or scuttle also served to carry hot 'coal-wood' ashes from the 'ash-pan'located directly below the grates in pot-belly, laundry and heating stoves fouind in sitting rooms, railroad depots and ares where people gathered for comfort and protection from the 'wnter chills' of Northern climes: