Fire helmet
1854-1880
Leather, paint, brass, other metal, gilding, textile
Overall: 9 x 10 5/8 x 14 3/4 in. ( 22.9 x 27 x 37.5 cm )
Gift of the Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Fund Association of the 23rd & 24th Wards, 1933
INV.8851
DescriptionEight comb black painted leather fire helmet with tooled linear decoration on crown and scroll border on brim; black leather frontpiece with firefighting tools painted at center and "NY / EXEMPT / ASSOCIATION" in gold painted leather lettering; gilded brass frontpiece holder in the shape of a fireman and silver painted metal cap on top of crown; red wool felt band lines inner rim of crown.Markingspainted: inside crown: "L. ECKE . . ."
applied leather: on frontpiece: "NY / EXEMPT / ASSOCIATION"
painted: underside of brim: "2334"
ClassificationsFIRE FIGHTING TOOLS & EQUIPMENT
