Fireman's trumpet Maker: Unknown
Honorand: James R. Mount, American

1852

American Decorative Arts

On view, 1st floor, American Decorative Arts before 1900
Medium

Silver

Dimensions

Length: 21 5/8 in. (54.9 cm)
other (Mouth): 10 3/8 in. (26.4 cm)

Credit Line

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

Accession Number

1934.371

Geography

Made in New York, New York

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Tools and Equipment

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Bibliography
  • Helen A. Cooper et al., Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: American Art from the Yale University Art Gallery, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2008), 131, 178, no. 72, ill
  • Harold Newman, An Illustrated Dictionary of Silverware (New York: Thames and Hudson, 1987), 134, ill
  • Barbara M. Ward and Gerald W. R. Ward, eds., Silver in American Life: Selections from the Mabel Brady Garvan and Other Collections at Yale University, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1979), 35, 98–99, no. 74, ill
  • Kathryn C. Buhler and Graham Hood, American Silver in the Yale University Art Gallery, 2 vols. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1970), vol. 2, pp. 267–69, no. 1014
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Inscriptions

"Presented by/ Voluntary Subscriptions/ on the 2d Annual parade of the/ N.Y.Fire Department./ June 14th 1852, to/ James R. Mount./ Foreman Atlantic Hose Co.14./ as a memorial of his heroic conduct/ and valuable services rendered at the/ Fire No 89 Bowery on the 17th of March 1852/ in saving the lives of Mary Koephe,/ Mrs. Miller, and her two children. Committee of Presentation/ Zophar Mills Charles McDougall/ George W. Malsell Cornelius V. Anderson/ Mathew T. Brennan, John S. Belcher./ Stephen T. Hoyt. Henry Dater,/ B.W. Osborne,/ Henry H. Howard/ Joseph Coles. Henry Arculius Jr" engraved within chased floral wreath on side

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