Extinguisher, Fire
Hayward hand grenade-type fire extinguisher, Hancock, MA
1870-1900
Description
Hand grenade type. Three matching bottles with foil caps, stoppered with concrete-covered cork. Bottles of clear glass with fluted walls and two diamond-shaped flat panels on opposite sides; fluted shoulders with flat section at top where it meets the neck. In wire rack holding bottles in a row; wire handle over middle bottle, and smaller gauge wire wrapped around bottle necks holding them in place. Clear liquid content in all three bottles.