Bucket, Fire
- Object Name:
- Bucket, Fire
- Object ID:
- 1947.025.59
- Date:
- circa 1825
- Description:
- Fire bucket. Owned by John Weed (1797-1869), Dover, NH. Leather; iron. Tall, barrel-shaped body of sewn construction. Strap leather handle fastened at ends to iron rings which are in turn secured by leather loops sewn into rolled rim. Outer surface painted dark green with a black handle. Painted inscription on face: "J. WEED / No. 2" in curved lines of upper case, shaded letters, painted in yellow. Sides fitted to base by cutting and stitching three evenly spaced darts along front edge, middle one longer than outer ones.
- Material:
- Leather
Metal - Dimensions:
- H-14.2 W-7.7 D-7 inches
- Provenance:
- Collected by Mary Thompson (Mason) Tilney (1855-1914), mother of the donor, from farm houses near her summer home in Pleasant Valley, NH (near Wolfeboro) between 1895 and 1913.
- Credit Line:
- The Tilney Collection, Gift of Jessie M. Tilney, in Memory of Robert Fingland Tilney and Mary Mason Tilney
- People:
- Weed, John (1797-1869), Tilney, Mary M. (1855-1914), Tilney, Robert F. (1849-1926), Tilney, Jessie Mason (1883-1960)
- Subjects:
- Fire fighting equipment
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