Canteen
- Object Name:
- Canteen
- Object ID:
- 1908.006.14
- Date:
- circa 1776
- Description:
- Canteen. Round, wooden keg painted bluish-green, lapped on the side and fastened with nine old nails in a straight row. Long cork stopper with a loose tin top and large iron ring handle which extends completely through the cork and is bolted at bottom. Three crude strap holders of leather enclosing a long narrow shoulder strap with a metal fastener. Stopper fits into a small round opening on top of keg and is attached by means of a rope. Rope is not old.
- Material:
- Wood
Leather
Cork
Metal - Dimensions:
- H-2.6 D-2.6 Dia-6.9 inches
- Provenance:
- Original accession sheet reads, "Keg used by Capt. Francis Davis in Revolution and Nathan Davis in War of 1812".
- Credit Line:
- Loaned by J. Franklin Terry
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