Collection Highlights
Stained glass window
Date:
ca. 1656
Object Number:
1951.414c
Medium:
Glass
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Fire helmet frontpiece: monitor
Object Number:
INV.9044
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Leather, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 4 x 1 3/4 in. ( 20.3 x 10.2 x 4.4 cm )
Marks:
applied/painted leather: on obverse: "MONITOR / 2 / JMcC"
stamped: on reverse: "WILSON / MAKER / 135 BOWERY / N.Y."
Description:
Black painted leather frontpiece from a fire helmet; large, gold painted "2" appliquéd at recessed shield at center, with "MONITOR" and "JMcC" in applied, gold painted lettering on recessed, red painted panels above and below.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
