Collection Highlights
Snake jug
Date:
1871
Object Number:
1906.6ab
Medium:
Stoneware
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Historical Artifacts
Fire helmet: NY Exempt Assn. 23rd Ward
Object Number:
INV.8878
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Leather, paint, brass, gilding, other metal, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/4 x 11 1/8 x 14 1/2 in. ( 22.2 x 28.3 x 36.8 cm )
Marks:
applied leather: on frontpiece: "SER[G]T AT ARMS / NY EXEMPT ASSN / 23RD WARD"
printed paper label: affixed inside top of crown: "ANDERSON & JONES / MFGRS / FIRE HATS / CAPS / BELT[S, S]HIRTS / . . . / SUPPLIES / 184 GRAND ST. N.Y."
handwritten: on pape
Description:
Eight comb black painted leather fire helmet with tooled linear decoration on crown and scroll border on brim; gold painted leather frontpiece with firefighting tools at center and inscription, "SER[G]T AT ARMS / NY EXEMPT ASSN / 23RD WARD," in gold painted leather lettering; gilded brass eagle frontpiece holder; 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.
