Collection Highlights
Invitation to Erie Canal Celebration
Date:
1825
Object Number:
PR.221.12
Medium:
Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Presentation shield (framed): Hopkins hose 3
Object Number:
INV.9739
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Leather, paint; wood, glass, paint, gilding
Dimensions:
Overall (shield): 27 x 17 x 5 in. (68.6 x 43.2 x 12.7 cm)
Frame: 34 1/2 x 28 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. ( 87.6 x 73 x 19.7 cm )
Marks:
applied/white ptd. leather: top of obverse: "RELIEF OF GUARD / RELIEF / HOSE / . . ."
recessed/blue ptd. leather: top of obverse: "51 / . . ."
painted in red: center of obverse: "OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK / . . ."
applied/red ptd. leather: center of obve
Description:
White painted leather firefighters' presentation shield with red, white, and blue inscriptions; presented by Relief Hose No. 51 of the New York Volunteer Fire Department to Hopkins Hose No. 3 of Morrisania; painted bull's head at top, fire engines flanking "51" at upper center, and U.S. flags flanking "3" at bottom; mounted on red painted ground inside carved, rectangular wooden frame with gilded molding with Greek key design.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
