Antique Solid Bronze Fire Hose Nozzle c.1900 Table Lighting glass front and steel base

glass front and steel base

especially portraits and figures she did from models that she found in Chinatown in San Francisco

) renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was the largest and most ambitious American New Deal agency

One leather strap is broken

It was located in Northern Idaho

Antique Solid Bronze Fire Hose Nozzle c.1900 Table Lighting glass front and steel baseABOUT A original antique solid bronze fire hose nozzle with working "Open" and "Shut" positions. Shown with life size hand model for scale. CREATOR Possibly American LaFrance. DATE OF MANUFACTURE c. 1900 1920. MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Solid Bronze. CONDITION Good. Wear consistent with age and use. DIMENSIONS H 10. 75 in. W 3 in. D 3. 5 in. HISTORY Unknown.