Antique Tole Painted Gas Can retailer Hand Painted with Wood Handle and Lid, Cool Petroliana, Vintage Man Cave, Garage Decor, Vintage Garage Decor

The perfect gift for a collector of antique farmhouse and garage items, this amazing can with a folk art flower vignette on the front would look terrific in the front or back garden, next to the shed.
There is some rust and wear for a beautiful patina.

Measures:
23 cm (9.25") tall
15 cm (6") diameter

According to Collectors Weekly, the earliest oil and gas cans were square and boxlike. Oil companies eventually switched to cylindrical cans with a soldered seam, which was visible as a gray/grey stripe on the back or side. These cans were common until the early 1940s."

These early metal cans were made by manufacturers to not only serve as containers but an opportunity to advertise their brand name and logo.

With the metal shortages of the Second World War, many companies switched to composite or cardboard cans for oil, which are sometimes known as paper quarts. These cans had metal tops and bottoms but cardboard sides as a way to conserve metal; they became quite common in the late 1950s and were used until the late '80s.

"Because most oil were simply used and then thrown away, those that are intact or, even better, unopened, are quite rare and retailer desirable pieces of petroliana. The aesthetic appeal and uniqueness of a can's label and logo also affect its value."