A) Cylindrical leather bucket tapered at base; leather bail handle; body painted with vertical stripe on the back; a cartouche enclosing orange flames painted on the front; colors: black red, yellow and white. B) Bag: square, open across the top, drawstring enclosure.
buckets (vessels)
leather
muslin
iron (metal)
painting (coating)
tanning
cartouches (ornament)
flames
Device, Fire Protection
Bucket, Fire
Bucket, Fire
A) Front inscribed ""J.R. MAY/No. 2/F.F.S./1789."" B) Stencilled in black paint across the front ""No. 2/J.R. MAY/F.F.S./1789""
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
13.5 (H), 9 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.585AB
New Hampshire (United States)
Portsmouth (Rockingham county, New Hampshire)
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