Antique Attic Fire Extinguisher

Vintage and antique fire extinguishers are hot for collecting.

Antique attic fire extinguisher.

At first fire extinguishers were as simple as a bucket in each home dedicated to the cause so that householders could toss them out to volunteer firefighters in times of need. An old fire extinguisher can often be sought by collectors for its unique design or ornate beauty as much as for its functionality. With numerous diverse incarnations to tell the story of their history each era of antique fire extinguisher can develop its own loyal following. Its riveted together with a brass nameplate from sterlinger chas.

These were intended to be thrown at a fire and the thin glass container would shatter and disperse the water to extinguish the flames. It was meant to be tossed just as one would lob a military grenade. 09 26 2010 05 35 pm 2. Rangehood fire suppressor 1 pair 4 8 out of 5 stars 11.

Afo fire extinguisher ball self activation auto fire off device. After many years inventors created what is now an antique fire extinguisher the precursor to today s modern ones. It says on it that it was made in newark new jersey. If there was a fire any person young or old would be able to take it out of the holder and throw it at the.

The most common antique fire extinguisher material is metal. There are 222 antique fire extinguisher for sale on etsy and they cost 169 84 on average. The earliest glass fire suppression devices or fire grenades were hand blown patterned often colored round glass bottles usually filled with salt water until about 1900. Glass fire grenades were used widely for over 40 years.

Well you re in luck because here they come. Any information and rough values of the items would be greatly appreciated. This is a brass pyrene soda acid antique fire extinguisher. Tenyu car electric or circuit box automatic self activation fire extinguisher fire suppression device purple.

Fire grenade wasn t so hot at its job learn more about fire grenades. Times summed up the success of fire grenades. We decided to clean out the attic in our fire house. These types of fire extinguishers were made and used between the years of 1870 and 1910.

Fire grenade is a fitting name for this type of fire extinguisher. View profile view forum posts titanium join date oct 2007 location howell mi posts 2 226. We are trying to earn enough money to get a new fire truck or at least some new gear. About antique fire extinguisher.

00 24 00 item 11 71 shipping. It has a. 95 0 67 oz free shipping. Extinguishing fires before they spread has always been a problem.

Can anyone id this antique fire extinguisher. The title of a 1985 article in the l a. Found this old fire extinguisher. A co any ideas as to what this thing is worth.

Did you scroll all this way to get facts about antique fire extinguisher. 4 5 out of 5 stars 122. Glass fire grenade was manufactured between 1870 and 1910.