Thread: Thrift Store Find = Scuttle?

So, I found this yesterday at a thrift store, I was just browsing and I always keep my eye out for a scuttle, because I've been wanting one for a while now. Well, here is what I picked up yesterday:



I plan to try to paint it, but don't have any experience doing that, so I'm trying to look up how / if I can do that. I checked and it holds 2 full cups of water. Its a different design than I have ever seen, it says Lillian Vernon on the bottom. Any thoughts on what it was originally for? I don't believe it was originally a shaving scuttle, but thats what I plan to use it as!