Artist/Maker
Anderson & Jones
Fire helmet
1870-1900
Place madeNew York, New York, United States, North America
Leather, paint, brass, gilding, other metal, textile
Overall: 8 3/4 x 11 1/8 x 14 1/2 in. ( 22.2 x 28.3 x 36.8 cm )
Gift of the Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Fund Association of the 23rd & 24th Wards, 1933
INV.8878
DescriptionEight comb black painted leather fire helmet with tooled linear decoration on crown and scroll border on brim; gold painted leather frontpiece with firefighting tools at center and inscription, "SER[G]T AT ARMS / NY EXEMPT ASSN / 23RD WARD," in gold painted leather lettering; gilded brass eagle frontpiece holder; textile half-lining.Markingsapplied leather: on frontpiece: "SER[G]T AT ARMS / NY EXEMPT ASSN / 23RD WARD"
printed paper label: affixed inside top of crown: "ANDERSON & JONES / MFGRS / FIRE HATS / CAPS / BELT[S, S]HIRTS / . . . / SUPPLIES / 184 GRAND ST. N.Y."
handwritten: on paper affixed inside crown: "J. Lheiran[?]"
painted: underside of brim: "2334"
ClassificationsFIRE FIGHTING TOOLS & EQUIPMENT
