11-04-200611-05-2006
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
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November 4, 2006 03:00 PMCalender
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Pair of Painted Leather Fire Buckets

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$9,988$8,500
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2337Location: BostonDate / Time: November 04, 2006 3:00PM

Description:

Pair of Painted Leather Fire Buckets probably North Andover, Massachusetts, c. 1797, both fire buckets with "S. OSGOOD COMMON SAFETY 1797"in black lettering around an an oval cartouche centered with a polychrome painted scene of a house in a landscape, surrounded by painted scrolls, on a black ground (paint losses, replaced leather handle loop),ht. 17 in.

Note: The name of Osgood was a prominent name in the North Andover, Massachusetts, area.
Estimate $4,000-6,000

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North Andover, Massachusetts