THE HIBERNIA PAINTED CEREMONIAL PARADE FIRE HAT
Lot 202

THE HIBERNIA PAINTED CEREMONIAL PARADE FIRE HAT

PROBABLY PENNSYLVANIA, MID-19TH CENTURY

Closed20 January 2012

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THE HIBERNIA PAINTED CEREMONIAL PARADE FIRE HAT
PROBABLY PENNSYLVANIA, MID-19TH CENTURY
7 in. high

Sold, Sotheby's, New York, 26-28 January 1989, lot 961

Specialist note

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.