Box, Cartridge
- Object Name:
- Box, Cartridge
- Object ID:
- 1966.545.228
- Creator:
- Dingee & Lorigan
- Place of Origin:
- New York, NY
- Date:
- 1851-1872
- Description:
- Cartridge Box. Burnside Cavalry Carbine cartridge box. Black saddle leather. Double flaps. Inside implement pocket. Implement pocket has short leather strap which can be stored through a leather keeper. Large outer flap has short leather strap which attaches to brass knob. Wooden block insert with 20 bored holes in two rows. One horizontal and two vertical leather loops on back. Two metal buckles and one brass knob on bottom. Circular etched stamp "DINGEE & LORIGAN / MAKER / NEW YORK" on inside flap. Civil War black leather belt. Heavy brass buckle with leather belt looped through back and attached to hole on belt via a brass clasp. Other end has small brass clasp. Brass buckle has raised etching of eagle and "E PLURIBUS UNUM".
- Material:
- Leather
Wood
Brass
Steel - Dimensions:
- H-4.5 L-8.375 D-1.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Horace W. Harmon Collection. Harmon catalog entry #228: "U.S. Naval belt Ctge box & cap box from Ed Messenger Apr 11th 1896".
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Horace W. Harmon
- People:
- Harmon, Horace W. (1844-1911)
- Subjects:
- Civil War, Military service, Military uniforms
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