Fire bucket
Buckets like this were provided by fire insurance societies to provide a ready store of water or sand for extinguishing fires. This one features an image of King Alfred, who was the emblem for the West of England Fire Insurance Company.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 217/2003/11
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Material
- leather | metal | paint | |
- Common Name
- fire bucket
- Simple Name
- bucket
- Period Classification
- Georgian (1714-1837)
- Production Town
- Production Person Initials
- Production Person Surname
- Production Year Low
- 1807
- Production Year High
- 1894
