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Fire Bucket

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

ca. 1830

GUSN

GUSN-4992

Description

Fire bucket painted green with handle.

Details

Descriptive Terms

buckets (vessels)
iron (metal)
leather
painting (coating)
Leather
Iron
Painted
BUCKET,FIRE

Inscription

""I. Fe (?) Sen (?)"" painted on a banner-shaped reserve with ""W.C.F.S./1830.""

Associated Building

Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

18 (H), 8 1/8 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan

Accession Number

1949.274

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