THE HIBERNIA PAINTED CEREMONIAL PARADE FIRE HAT
THE HIBERNIA PAINTED CEREMONIAL PARADE FIRE HAT

PROBABLY PENNSYLVANIA, MID-19TH CENTURY

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THE HIBERNIA PAINTED CEREMONIAL PARADE FIRE HAT
PROBABLY PENNSYLVANIA, MID-19TH CENTURY
7 in. high
Provenance
Sold, Sotheby's, New York, 26-28 January 1989, lot 961

Lot Essay

A related hat from the same company sold Sothebys, New York, 9 October 1998, lot 1295.

One of the hats belonging to this set is also illustrated in Booth and Booth, "Parade Hates of America's Early Volunteer Firemen," The Magazine Antiques (April 2004), p. 98.

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