Colonial American Benjamin Franklin Fire Company Hat
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Important early Colonial American painted parade hat, probably 19th century, pressed resined felt, having painted "1764", portrait of Benjamin Franklin and inscribed "Franklin Fire Compy" for the Franklin Fire Company, also known as the Benjamin Franklin Bucket Brigade, initialled "JF" on top, 6" high x 13 3/4" diameter. Provenance: purchased from a yard sale in Milton, Massachusetts from a family formerly of Pennsylvania, thence from a private Massachusetts collection.
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Colonial American Benjamin Franklin Fire Company Hat
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