Box, Cartridge
- Object Name:
- Box, Cartridge
- Object ID:
- 1966.545.122
- Creator:
- Garcelon & Covell
- Place of Origin:
- Lewiston, ME
- Date:
- 1863
- Description:
- Cartridge Box. Model 1855. Machine-sewn black bridle leather, double flaps, implement pocket. Large inside flap is stamped "GARCELON [&] COVELL / 1863 / LEWISTO[N ME]". Two tin compartments, one having ten holes, the other four with a removable wooden section holding six more holes. Oval brass plate on front flap with letters, "US" in relief. Two horizontal and two vertical straps on back. Two metal buckles and one brass fastener. Short strap on large flap which attaches to brass fastener. Small sticker with handwritten letters "122 / NSC.B / 1861-65" inside large flap.
- Material:
- Tissue
Leather
Metal
Brass
Tin
Wood - Dimensions:
- H-6.5 W-8 D-2 inches
- Provenance:
- Horace W. Harmon Collection. Harmon catalog entry #122: "US Ctge Box 1861 to 1865".
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Horace W. Harmon
- People:
- Harmon, Horace W. (1844-1911)
- Subjects:
- Military life, Military uniforms, Civil War
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