Equestrian Compartment Bucket

Style number

9809

Era

classic-nycE3-E4

Designer

in-house

Confidence

tentative

Status

published

Lead

The Equestrian Compartment Bucket (style 9809) is a Coach Classic NYC-era bucket-silhouette bag distinguished by multiple interior compartments, documented in a Tier 3 dealer compilation [yourgreatfinds-collectors-guide]. A related “Slim Equestrian Bucket Bag” is also documented in the same source, indicating at least one variant within the Equestrian sub-family.

Description

The Equestrian Compartment Bucket is identified as a bucket bag with multiple interior compartments under style number 9809 [yourgreatfinds-collectors-guide]. The compartmented interior is the diagnostic feature distinguishing it from other NYC-era bucket silhouettes (Bradley Bucket 9936, Nicholas Bucket Drawstring 9946, later Bleecker Bucket). The Slim Equestrian Bucket Bag is recorded as a related narrower variant; a separate style number for the slim form has not been located in free public sources. Dimensions, strap configuration, and color list are unconfirmed.

Authentication

A pre-1994 Equestrian Compartment Bucket should carry the diagnostics common to the Classic NYC era (cross-reference authentication/ for the full era-keyed matrix):

• Style number 9809. Visible on the leather creed inside the bag on numbered-creed examples [yourgreatfinds-collectors-guide]. A style number alone does not date a specific bag — Coach reused style numbers across multiple production years.
• Creed wording (E3 diagnostic). A pre-1994 Equestrian Compartment Bucket should read “COACH LEATHERWARE” with “LEATHERWARE” stamped in small letters beneath “COACH,” typically with “Made in United States” or “Made in New York City, U.S.A.” on earlier examples [coachbagrehab-dating, vintagecoachie].
• Serial format. Pre-1994 examples carry a digit-only unique serial (xxx-xxxx 1970s, xxxx-xxx 1980s) per [coachbagrehab-dating] — tentative. Any post-1994 production carrying 9809 forward (E4) would use the [A-M][year-digit][factory-letter]-9809 pattern with the documented single-digit-year ambiguity.
• Hardware. Solid brass, non-magnetic. A magnet that sticks indicates plated steel and is a strong reproduction signal [coachbagrehab-dating].

Sources

• yourgreatfinds-collectors-guide (D1) — names the Equestrian Compartment Bucket as style 9809 in a Classic NYC-era list of ~80 styles, and separately documents a related Slim Equestrian Bucket Bag variant.
• coachbagrehab-dating (E1) — Classic NYC-era creed wording and serial-format diagnostics applied to authenticating an Equestrian Compartment Bucket.
• vintagecoachie (E2) — corroborates “COACH LEATHERWARE” creed diagnostic for pre-1994 dating.

Confidence: tentative overall. Single Tier 3 identification with no corroborating dimensional, dated, or visual evidence in free public sources.