Bandbox “The Volunteer Fireman”
Maker Unknown, New England
c. 1835
Pasteboard box with woodblock print
Ht. 13", W. 20 1/4", D. 16 3/4"
$6,500
The woodblock print on this bandbox depicts the fire engine received in 1830 by Eagle Engine Company #13 of New York City. For a bandbox covered in the same motif, see “Hat Boxes and Bandboxes at Shelburne Museum,” 1959, p. 182.