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Roughly an octagonal red-painted hand pump, with metal fixtures attached to a wood and tin plunger with metal wire. There is indentation along one side for holding. Repair made to pegged anchoring of pump handle held by a wooden pin. A bent ring is attached to the top of the pump for hanging on a wall.
oil paint (paint)
tin (metal)
wire
wood (plant material)
Wood
Tin
Oil Paint
Wire
Pump
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
17 x 3.063 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1158
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