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A) Cylindrical leather tapered body; leather bail handle; back painted in vertical stripes; scroll painted on front. B) Bag: muslin, rectangular, open at top, drawstring enclosure.
buckets (vessels)
leather
muslin
painting (coating)
tanning
Device, Fire Protection
Bucket, Fire
Bucket, Fire
A) Front inscribed ""No. 1/R.May/F.F.S/1789."" B) Stencilled in black paint across the front ""No. 2/R.May/F.F.S./1789""
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
13.5 (H), 9.25 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.586AB
New Hampshire (United States)
Portsmouth (Rockingham county, New Hampshire)
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