RARE CONFEDERATE NUCKOLLS’ PATENT WOOD CANTEEN.

SN NSN. This very rare Confederate canteen with few examples known and this example has a great contemporary paper tag stating it was made by James Thorton Nuckolls. Nuckolls made his canteens just west of Columbus, GA in Alabama. His canteens are made of two slabs of turned wood attached with copper pins and three sheet iron bales for sling. Pictured in Shannon Pritchard’s Collecting the Confederacy. Pritchard states, “A document in the National Archives dated November 14, 1863 listing 300 canteens and cotton webbing for slings…sold to the arsenal in Columbus, GA”. This is no doubt the finest example of this rare canteen known. PROVENANCE: Greene Museum of Southern History. CONDITION: Very good to fine overall. Good patination and red color to wood. Attached label is chipped and partially missing but much can be read as can be seen in photos. 4-54275 JS (6,000-9,000) – Lot 3288

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Auction: Firearms - Fall 2014

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	3288	$8,625.00	RARE CONFEDERATE NUCKOLLS’ PATENT WOOD CANTEEN. SN NSN. This very rare Confederate canteen with few examples known and this example has a great contemporary paper tag stating it was made by James Thorton Nuckolls. Nuckolls made his canteens just west of Columbus, GA in Alabama. His canteens are made of two slabs of turned wood attached with copper pins and three sheet iron bales for sling. Pictured in Shannon Pritchard’s Collecting the Confederacy. Pritchard states, “A document in the National Archives dated November 14, 1863 listing 300 canteens and cotton webbing for slings…sold to the arsenal in Columbus, GA”. This is no doubt the finest example of this rare canteen known. PROVENANCE: Greene Museum of Southern History. CONDITION: Very good to fine overall. Good patination and red color to wood. Attached label is chipped and partially missing but much can be read as can be seen in photos. 4-54275 JS (6,000-9,000) – Lot 3288 Click here to view provenance Auction: Firearms - Fall 2014 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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RARE CONFEDERATE NUCKOLLS’ PATENT WOOD CANTEEN.