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Box, Cartridge

Object Name:
Box, Cartridge
Object ID:
1968.505.09
Date:
1776
Description:
Cartridge Box. Leather-covered wood cartridge box. Wood box is oblong shaped and curved to fit the hip; three rows of holes, ten front and middle, four back. Leather covering is stitched and is nailed to wooden box with small nails; implement pouch on inside; closing flap has small attaching strap attached with nails that have been cut and flattened; strap attaches to small leather knot with small circular leather piece fitted around it on bottom of container. Two vertical belt loops are stitched to back.
Material:
Leather
Wood
Metal
Dimensions:
H-4 L-9.25 D-2.5 inches
Credit Line:
New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
Subjects:
Revolutionary War
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