Collection Highlights
Chatelaine
Date:
ca. 1761
Object Number:
1954.179a-d
Medium:
Silver gilt, gold, enamel, ivory, chalcedony, glass, paint
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fire helmet: President NY Exempt Assn., LF
Object Number:
INV.8862
Date:
1854-1880
Medium:
Leather, paint, brass, other metal, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 11 x 14 1/4 in. ( 21 x 27.9 x 36.2 cm )
Marks:
applied leather: on frontpiece: "PRESIDENT / NY EXEMPT ASSN / LF"
printed paper label: affixed inside top of crown: "ANDERSON & JONES / MFGRS / FIRE HATS / CAPS / BELTS, SHIRTS / AND SUPPLIES / 190 GRAND ST. N.Y."
incised: on back of brim: "E. F.A."
pa
Description:
Eight comb black painted leather fire helmet with tooled scroll border on brim; gold painted leather frontpiece with firefighting tools at center and "PRESIDENT / NY EXEMPT ASSN / LF" in gold painted leather lettering; 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.
