Antique French Sapeurs Pompiers Brass Fire Helmet Casque Pompier 19thC 12"H LS#099 Orin Bell 1850) gold and red lacquer

1850) gold and red lacquer lidded bowl

Toyokuni This charger measures 24" across (61 cm) and remains in  excellent condition

Condition = Very Good

he moved to Japan at age 6 spent the rest of his life there when he wasn't traveling the world

Antique French Sapeurs Pompiers Brass Fire Helmet Casque Pompier 19thC 12"H LS#099 Orin Bell 1850) gold and red lacquerAntique French communal fire brigade helmet (casque de sapeurs pompiers) all brass construction with engraved front plate, chain chin scales, and high cimier comb Antique French, mid to late 19th century Napoleon Bonaparte reordered the various firefighting organisations in Paris into a unit of the French Army called the Sapeurs pompiers, who wore a brass helmet with a high central crest similar to that worn by dragoon cavalry, with a frontal plate on