Collection Highlights
Old Christmas : from the Sketch book of Washington Irving
Date:
1878
Object Number:
LIB.PS2069.C4
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fire helmet frontpiece: 49
Object Number:
INV.9095
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Leather, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 7/8 x 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. ( 20 x 8.3 x 7 cm )
Marks:
stamped: on reverse: "WILSON / MAKER / 135 BOWERY / N.Y."
painted: reverse: "2334"
Description:
Black painted leather frontpiece from a fire helmet; "49" cut out at center and backed with gold painted leather, with "POC[AH]ONT[A]S" and "JDR" in applied, gold painted leather lettering above and below.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Fund Association of the 23rd & 24th Wards, 1933
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
