The British used fire as a war tactic in the Revolutionary War in an attempt to divert the Americans from the fighting. When fire struck, the volunteer firefighters who tried to battle the blaze were attacked by the British. “Bucket Brigades” consisted of 2 lines of people stretching from the town well to the fire. One passed the water to the fire, the other back to be refilled. Fire buckets in colonial towns had the owners names painted on them. This leather fire bucket is from Amos Muzzy of Lexington, Mass, a member of Captain Parker’s company. It is decorated with a yellow scroll with Muzzy’s name printed on it. Decorated with swag and a foliage motif. In one side of the design “No.” On the opposite side “47”. At the bottom, in stencil, “1825”.