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Catalog Number |
C09.006 .1-2 |
Title |
Pair of fire buckets belonging to Samuel Picket(t) |
Object Name |
Bucket, Fire |
Description |
Pair of leather fire buckets, Samuel Picket; Body painted mustard w/ red trim at top and bottom; black-painted designs on both. Black scroll designs most visible on .1 and also include stylized eagle with wings, curliques, oval containing owner's name. "No... " barely visible on both. .1 More intact paint and design of the two buckets; one iron ring with leather attachment in place. Handle is separate. Name partially visible "S. Picket". .2 Leather handle and metal rings intact, but leather lugs are replacements. Very faintly under the paint at lower left can be seen "Akerm...." [Akerman?]. Possibly an earlier owner? |
Date |
1835 |
Year Range from |
1830 |
Year Range to |
1840 |
Artist |
Unknown |
Dimensions |
H-12.25 Dia-8 Cir-26.5 inches |
Material |
Leather and iron |
Place of Origin |
Probably Portsmouth, NH |
Provenance |
Descended in the family of the donor. Samuel Picket was a shipmaster in Portsmouth. Date of 1835 is from donor information. These buckets appear to have been partially repainted, possibly to cover an earlier owner's name. |
People |
Pickett, Samuel McClary, William |
Search Terms |
Portsmouth shipmaster |
Subjects |
Fire fighting Fire buckets |