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Fire bucket

Fire bucket

about 1813
Object PlacePortsmouth, New Hampshire, United States
Medium/TechniquePainted leather, probably hemp, metal
Dimensions35.56 x 25.4 x 26.67 cm (14 x 10 x 10 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of John Templeman Coolidge
Accession number32.168
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ClassificationsTools and equipment
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InscriptionsOn front: "Benjamin Damrell" [prevously catalogued as "Damrett"] on banner held in eagle's mouth On front: "A [illegible] L O [and possibly second word, also effaced] " on banner near bottom On back: "No. 2 / 1813"
ProvenanceHistory of ownership: presumably made originally for Benjamin Damrell (1771-ca. 1821)of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, as one of at least two buckets he acquired when he joined the Alert Fire Society of Portsmouth, founded in 1813; 1929, lent by J. Templeman Coolidge, of Boston and Portsmouth, February 27, 1929; 1932, gift of J. Templeman Coolidge (Accession Date July 21, 1932)