Collection Highlights
Manhattan Rifles!
Date:
1861-1865
Object Number:
PR.055.3.226
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Fire bucket
Object Number:
INV.136
Date:
ca. 1806
Medium:
Leather, paint, rope, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/4 x 10 x 9 in. ( 31.1 x 25.4 x 22.9 cm )
Marks:
typewritten: on exhibition label found with object: "LEATHER FIRE BUCKET / OWNED BY RUFUS KING WHEN HE LIVED / AT ROBINSON AND CHURCH STREETS, / NEW YORK CITY, ABOUT 1806"
painted: on side: "RUFUS KING / Corner of Robinson & Church St."
Description:
Black painted leather fire bucket with leather-encased rim and handle; slightly tapered cylindrical shape; "RUFUS KING," an oval crest, and "Corner of Robinson & Church St." painted in gold on one side.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
