Fire Bucket, "Laurel Lodge"
date: label: date made
content: ca 1820
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This early nineteenth century bucket reads “Laurel Lodge.” This may refer to a Masonic Lodge—a local chapter within the larger fraternal organization—such as the one in Laurel Springs, New Jersey. It is also possible that Laurel Lodge was a tavern or an inn. Either way, the lodge would have kept its own buckets in case of fire. The opposite side of the bucket is painted with an insignia featuring a helmet and two crossed swords. This icon is surrounded by green laurel leaves, in keeping with the name of the lodge; laurel is usually symbolic of triumph or fame.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Salem
topic: label: classified
content: Fire Fighting
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Fire Fighting and Law Enforcement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of CIGNA Museum and Art Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0233.0251
label: accession number
content: 2005.0233
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0233.0251
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bucket, fire
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 1/4 in x 10 in; 31.115 cm x 25.4 cm