Coal scuttle

A coal scuttle is a container for coal. It is similar to a bucket, and is generally made of metal, in the shape of a vertical cylinder or truncated cone, with an open top which is usually slanted to facilitate pouring coal onto a fire. It may have one or two handles. This kind of scuttle is also sometimes called a hod. Even in homes that are not heated by burning coal, a coal scuttle is commonly used for decorative purposes.

The origins of the word "scuttle" to describe a container for transferring small amounts of coal from a bunker to the fireside seems to have emerged from the Scut, a primative mining people of Northern Turkmenistan.