Extinguisher, Fire

Hayward hand grenade-type fire extinguisher, Hancock, MA

1870-1900

Object ID:
1959.11352.1
Community:
Massachusetts, Hancock
Makers
Hayward Company
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.

Massachusetts Hancock

Massachusetts Hancock

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