Collection Highlights
Portrait of an Unidentified Woman
ca. 1700-1725
1952.80
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Model hand pump fire fighting cart
Title
Model hand pump fire fighting cart
Object name
water pumper
Date
1874
Medium
Iron, tin, paint
Dimensions
Overall: 10 x 12 x 6 1/4 in. ( 25.4 x 30.5 x 15.9 cm )
Description
Tinned sheet iron hand water pumper consisting of blue frame with brown border; frame includes hinged storage cisterns at each end and red end-stroke pump handles with gold knobs; plain wheels with spokes forming floral pattern.
Credit Line
Purchased from Elie Nadelman