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Rolled circular rim on a 'U'-shaped body; the rim is painted black and the body is painted red and decorated with a yellow and gold banner with swag ends inscribed "W.O. Smith" in black; below is inscribed "No. 2 1832"
buckets (vessels)
leather
painting (coating)
sewing (process)
Leather
Machine Sewn
Painted
BUCKET, FIRE
Painted on the front is: ""W.O. Smith/No.2/1832""
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
13 (H), 8.5 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.988
Massachusetts (United States)
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