Collection Highlights
Salver
Date:
1772-1773
Object Number:
1928.24
Medium:
Silver
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Fire helmet frontpiece: N.Y. Exempt Association ? F
Object Number:
INV.8886
Date:
1854-1880
Medium:
Leather, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 4 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. ( 20.3 x 11.4 x 5.7 cm )
Marks:
pained: reverse: "2334"
Description:
Black painted leather frontpiece from a fire helmet; firefighting tools painted at center, with "NY / EXEMPT / ASSOCIATION" in applied, gold painted leather lettering above and below.
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.
