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Fire bucket from the Baltimore Equitable Insurance Company, likely used by the Vigilant Fire Company of Baltimore, Maryland. Embellished with a painted red parrot surmounting a gilded letter on a red ground with green and orange pinstriping.

Fire bucket from the Baltimore Equitable Insurance Company, likely used by the Vigilant Fire Company of Baltimore, Maryland. Embellished with a painted red parrot surmounting a gilded letter on a red ground with green and orange pinstriping.

Bucket, Fire

Description

Fire bucket from the Baltimore Equitable Insurance Company, likely used by the Vigilant Fire Company of Baltimore, Maryland. Embellished with a painted red parrot surmounting a gilded letter on a red ground with green and orange pinstriping.

Creator

Date

circa 1804-1858

Materials

Wood, paint, leather

Dimensions

14 H x 9 W inches

Object ID

2005.26.11

Resource ID

11861

Credit Line

Gift of the Baltimore Equitable Insurance Company

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

This digital image is made available here for private study, scholarship, and research. Commercial and other uses are prohibited without the permission of the Maryland Center for History and Culture. For more information, visit the MCHC’s Reproductions and Permissions web page.