Collection Highlights
"St. Nicholas. Dec. 6th. A.D. 343"
Date:
1810
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1810.94
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Fire helmet
Object Number:
INV.8889
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Leather, paint, brass, gilding, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/2 x 11 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. ( 24.1 x 29.2 x 36.8 cm )
Description:
Eight comb yellow painted leather fire helmet with tooled linear decoration on crown; gilded brass eagle frontpiece holder (frontpiece missing); textile half-lining.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Fund Association of the 23rd & 24th Wards, 1933
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
