I'm thinking that bucket is a US Cavalry bucket.
This is the placard I made when I moved in here in '86 on my patina mail box. It's all painted the house colors.
I think I showed the "Please Do Not Mow" and "Thanks" signs I made for the bank across the road from me that I do the upkeep on. They came and ground the rest of the bank beyond the "Thanks" sign so I cleaned. cleared, and planted up the rest of the bank. I moved the "Thanks" sign on down. I had the PVC holder in the ground where "Thanks" was, about midway, so I decorated another screwed up round toe. It didn't need to say anything so, WTH, I painted flowers on it