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Rolled circular rim on a "U" shaped body; the rim is painted red and the body is painted green and decorated with an eagle, shields and banner above inscriptions.
buckets (vessels)
leather
painting (coating)
sewing (process)
Device, Fire Protection
Bucket, Fire
Leather
Machine Sewn
Painted
Bucket, Fire
Painted on the front and back: ""Columbian/Eagle/Fire Society Bery/Smith/1827 No. 1"" The name of the Boston maker ""Fenno"" is also branded.
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Fenno, John (Maker)
Boston, MA, USA
12.75 (H), 8.75 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.986
Massachusetts (United States)
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