Bucket, Fire
- Object Name:
- Bucket, Fire
- Object ID:
- 1938.008.51
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- circa 1815
- Description:
- Fire bucket. Owned by Richard Bradley, Concord, NH. Leather and iron. Barrel-shaped body of sewn construction. Strap leather handle fastened at ends to metal rings and wired to bucket's rolled rim. Outer surface painted green. Painted lettering on face: "R. Bradley / Concord.", in yellow within two curved panels having black backgrounds and yellow borders; upper and lower panels each curve inward toward center of design and have decorative scrolled projections at their ends. Handle is a replacement made from a belt; one iron ring has been replaced by a brass one; leather loops are missing. Interior surface painted brownish red. Additional holes in the rim were for the old repair, two on left and three on right.
- Material:
- Leather
Metal - Dimensions:
- H-12.8 W-7.6 D-7.6 Dia-8.1 inches
- Provenance:
- Used in the Bradley House, Concord, NH, which was built c. 1769 and inherited by Richard Bradley, the donor's grandfather, in 1815.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Margaret H. Jewell
- People:
- Bradley, Richard (1790-1869)
- Subjects:
- Fire fighting equipment
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