Bucket, Fire

Title:

B. B. DAVID

Object Name:

Bucket, Fire

Object ID:

2021.020.11.2

Creator:

Domett, Charles M. (1794-1833)

Place of Origin:

Boston, MA

Date:

1832

Description:

Fire bucket, one of two. Tapered cylindrical form. Green painted leather with strap handle. "B. B. DAVID / 1832" painted in yellow on front. No maker's mark. Made by Charles M. Domett (1794-1833), saddler and harnessmaker, Boston.

Material:

Leather

Dimensions:

H-12 Dia-8.5 inches

Provenance:

Three Melendy brothers came from England to Massachusetts prior to 1729 and settled in Essex County. One of the brothers, William Melendy, settled in Medford and moved to Reading after his marriage in 1728. His grandson, William Melendy (1756-1814), married Abigail Badger (1762-1834) of Reading in 1780 and moved to Amherst, NH. A shoemaker, William Melendy and his brother Nathaniel became brickmakers, whose bricks were used in the construction of the bank buildings and houses in the town. They had ten children; the sixth, Rebecca, born 1795, married the artist Thomas Badger (1792-1868) and the tenth, Elizabeth Welch (1802-1892), married Barnabas B. David (1802-1883), a Boston whip manufacturer in 1825. Barnabas David formed a partnership with his brother-in-law, Samuel B. Melendy, in 1830 manufacturing whips in Amherst, which afterward became their home. The business continued in Amherst through the 1880s. Their descendants, members of the Carey family, lived in the David family house in Amherst until the late 20th century.

Credit Line:

Gift of Elizabeth B. Carey, Ellison M. Carey, and Charles D. Carey III

People:

David, Barnabas B. (1802-1883)

Subjects:

Fire fighting, Fire fighting equipment