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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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)
19th century
possibly 15th century
about 1850
mid 19th century
about 1830–35
1810–20
1840–1860
19th century
19th century
late 19th century
late 18th century
17th–18th century