Collection Highlights
Cayambe
Date:
1858
Object Number:
S-91
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fire helmet frontpiece: family engine
Object Number:
INV.9141
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Leather, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/8 x 5 1/4 x 1 5/8 in. ( 20.6 x 13.3 x 4.1 cm )
Marks:
applied/painted leather: on obverse: "FAMILY / ENGINE / 3 / G R"
Description:
Red painted leather frontpiece from a fire helmet; large, gold painted "3" appliquéd at center, with "FAMILY / ENGINE" and "G R" in applied, gold painted lettering on recessed, black painted panels above and below.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
