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Lot 148
Sale 6163 - American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts
Apr 26, 2017
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$8,000 -
12,000
Price Realized
$15,000
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Painted and decorated leather and felt parade hat for the Franklin Fire Company Germantown, Philadelphia, PA, 1840-1860
The red ground decorated with polychrome portrait of Benjamin Franklin within a bannerette inscribed, "Franklin Fire Comy," embellished with gilt foliate flourishes, the back bearing the gilt date, "1764"; the top with gilt initials "W.G."; the hat numbered "92" on the inside band, underside of brim painted green, retains paper liner and leather inner brim.
H: 6 1/2 in. Diam: 13 1/4 in.