Presentation Trumpet
date: label: date made
content: unknown
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: As American volunteer fire fighting companies began to form during the late 18th century, a need emerged for better organized efforts in combating conflagrations. Fire chiefs and officers would use “speaking trumpets” to amplify their voices over the noise and commotion of a fire scene to direct the company in effectively fighting the blaze. Two trumpet variants are reflected in the collection: plain and functional “working” trumpets that were actively used at fires, and highly decorated “presentation” trumpets. Presentation trumpets were awarded to fire company members in honor of their service, or between companies during visits, competitions and musters.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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: 2005.0233.0912
label: accession number
content: 2005.0233
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0233.0912
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trumpet, speaking
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: hand-blown glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 in x 4 5/8 in; 43.18 cm x 11.7475 cm