Box, Cartridge
- Object Name:
- Box, Cartridge
- Object ID:
- 1966.545.235
- Date:
- 1876-1892
- Description:
- Cartridge box. US 1874 model McKeever. Black leather. Hinges on brass pin running length. Leather strap with brass fastener. Brass knob on top. Letters, "US" in horizontal oval on front. Inside lined with russet-colored leather and contains twenty canvas loops, ten per side, for holding ball cartridges. Small leather keeper for storing tool inside box. Two horizontal belt loops attached with brass rivets .
- Material:
- Tissue
Leather
Brass
Canvas - Dimensions:
- H-4 L-7.5 D-1.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Horace W. Harmon Collection. Harmon catalog entry #235: "Modern Ctge Box US Special pattern".
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Horace W. Harmon
- People:
- Harmon, Horace W. (1844-1911)
- Subjects:
- Military life, Military uniforms
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