Artist/Maker
Anderson & Jones
Fire helmet
1870-1900
Place madeNew York, New York, United States, North America
Leather, paint, brass, gilding, textile
Overall: 9 x 11 x 14 1/8 in. ( 22.9 x 27.9 x 35.9 cm )
Gift of the Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Fund Association of the 23rd & 24th Wards, 1933
INV.8885
DescriptionEight comb black painted leather fire helmet with tooled scroll border on brim; gilded brass eagle frontpiece holder (frontpiece missing); textile half-lining.Markingsprinted cloth label: affixed inside crown: "ANDERSON & JONES / MFGRS / FIRE HATS / CAPS / BELTS, SHIRTS / AND SUPPLIES / 184 GRAND ST. N.Y."
handwritten: on scrap of paper affixed inside crown: "Lend. Ford"
ClassificationsFIRE FIGHTING TOOLS & EQUIPMENT
