Box, Cartridge
- Object Name:
- Box, Cartridge
- Object ID:
- 1968.505.08
- Date:
- 1776
- Description:
- Cartridge Box. Leather-covered wood cartridge box. Two rows of hand-bored holes, nine per row. Closing flap attaches to bottom with small metal clasp, riveted to leather. Implement pouch on inside. Small brass clasp receiver nailed to leather/box on bottom. Two horizontal keepers for shoulder strap stitched and nailed to leather/box. Leather shoulder strap runs through keepers and attach to box via two metal buckles. One end of shoulder strap has extension strap stitched to it; strap is secured to buckle via small holes in strap. Other end of shoulder strap is attached directly to metal fastener.
- Material:
- Wood
Leather
Metal
Brass - Dimensions:
- H-5.75 L-9.75 D-2 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Revolutionary War
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