Bucket, Fire

Object Name:

Bucket, Fire

Object ID:

1947.025.60

Date:

1826

Description:

Fire bucket. Owned by Samuel Shackford, Jr. (1752-1843), Dover, NH. Leather and iron. Tall barrel-shaped body of sewn construction. Leather strap handle fastened at ends to iron rings which are in turn secured by leather loops sewn into the bucket's rolled rim. Handle flat with sewn seam in inside surface. Outer surface black with a yellow band at rim and base; handle also painted black. Painted lettering on face: "No ("o" is superscript with line under it and two marks below the line) 2 / S. Shackford / 1826". Inscription painted in black within a circular medallion with light blue background and yellow border. Medallion flanked by crossed laurel sprays in green and yellow. Rim color at top extends to top edge of rim; lighter color than rest of bucket. Inside is dark brown red. One of leather loops has pulled loose from rim. Body bent from original shape.

Material:

Leather
Metal

Dimensions:

H-15.2 W-7.5 D-7.8 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:

Shackford, Samuel, Jr. (1752-1843), Tilney, Mary M. (1855-1914), Tilney, Robert F. (1849-1926), Tilney, Jessie Mason (1883-1960)

Subjects:

Fire fighting equipment