primitive old painted metal bucket, wood handle pail w/ worn vintage advertising

Beautifully worn old bucket from (something) Stores, just a little bit of the original paint remaining, mostly just the zinc grey showing. We think maybe this once held paint, but the inside is pretty clean with nothing left of the contents.

This is a 10 quart size, 8 1/2" tall and about 9 1/2" in diameter at the rim. The wood and wire handle looks good yet, though there's no lid.