Bucket, Sap

Object Name:

Bucket, Sap

Object ID:

1992.022

Creator:

Lamb's Natural Flow System (New York) -- Manufacturer

Place of Origin:

New York

Date:

circa 1970

Description:

Sap bucket, tin, six pieces. Used at The Rocks Estate, Bethlehem, NH, c. 1970. Includes bucket (.01), taps (.02-.03), and tubes (.04-.06). Galvanized steel bucket, hole in rim for hanging on tap. Removable galvanized steel cover, 12" long, 9.5" wide, 4.5" high, with angled top and lips at sides to fit on rim of bucket. Two cast steel taps with hooks for bucket. Three pieces of translucent, purple vinyl tubing, each marked "LAMB'S NATURAL FLOW SYSTEM BERNHARDS BAY, N. Y.", 0.4" diameter, each with a blue plastic connector.
1a. Bucket
1b. Cover
2. Tap, 2.9" long, 1.6" high, with recessed lettering: "PAT-D" and "WARNER". Hook on bottom, hole on top. Two fins at back end for driving into tree.
3. Tap, 2.6" long, 1.6" high, "PAT-D". Hook on bottom and one on top (in reverse direction). Square back end.
4. Piece of tubing, 17.5" long, with blue plastic spigot in one end.
5. Piece of tubing, 19.5" long, with blue plastic "T" connector marked "CANADA" in one end.
6. Piece of tubing, 31.5" long, with blue plastic straight connector in one end.

Material:

Metal
Tin
Composition
Steel

Dimensions:

H-10.625 Dia-10.875 inches

Provenance:

Used at The Rocks Estate, Bethlehem, NH, c. 1970. The property is now owned by the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests.

Acquired for exhibition in "At What Cost? Shaping the Land We Call New Hampshire," at NHHS, 1992-93.

Credit Line:

Gift of the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests

Subjects:

Sap, Maple sugar industry