1926

Miller-Dunn 3 brass dive helmet (ca. 1945) with original hose and handled pump.

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Maritime Start Price:6,000.00 USD Estimated At:6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD
Miller-Dunn 3 brass dive helmet (ca. 1945) with original hose and handled pump.
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Miller-Dunn 3 brass dive helmet (ca. 1945) with original hose and handled pump. Helmet 58 lb, 25" tall and 12" in diameter; pump 55 lb, 17" x 9" x 24" with 3' handle. It is gut-wrenching to look at this contraption and imagine divers risking their lives underwater, completely entrusting a topside assistant to keep pumping the handle! Rumored to be Art McKee's instrument of choice, it consists of a tall, copper-colored helmet with large rectangular front window and two small round sidelights, handle at top, lead plates on front and back of the shoulders, with hose bib on side for connecting the long black hose that leads up to the 2-chamber pump mounted on a wooden box with iron handle with wooden grip, all in excellent condition for its age, not something we would recommend using, of course, but very impressive as a display on antique diving history.