WOODEN FOLDING CIVIL WAR PERIOD CYLINDRICAL WRITING CASE.

WOODEN FOLDING CIVIL WAR PERIOD CYLINDRICAL WRITING CASE. Made of slatted wood backed with tarred canvas with a tarred canvas liner, which surrounds a small tin open sided cylinder measuring 8” long x 1-1/4” in diameter. Inside the case is a small mechanical pencil marked “Eagle Pencil Co./New York,” a rosewood & glass screw tip ink well, & two cancelled two-cent Civil War period Internal Revenue stamps. Written in pencil on the outside of the wooden case is “John H. Bishop/This was made in Civil War for the war of the rebellion”. There is a John H. Bishop listed as a private in the 7th CT. Inf. CONDITION: Very good. Interior is slightly frayed at the edges. Closing hook has been lost. 4-57282 CW75 (300-400)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2005

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
	3473	$575.00	WOODEN FOLDING CIVIL WAR PERIOD CYLINDRICAL WRITING CASE. Made of slatted wood backed with tarred canvas with a tarred canvas liner, which surrounds a small tin open sided cylinder measuring 8” long x 1-1/4” in diameter. Inside the case is a small mechanical pencil marked “Eagle Pencil Co./New York,” a rosewood & glass screw tip ink well, & two cancelled two-cent Civil War period Internal Revenue stamps. Written in pencil on the outside of the wooden case is “John H. Bishop/This was made in Civil War for the war of the rebellion”. There is a John H. Bishop listed as a private in the 7th CT. Inf. CONDITION: Very good. Interior is slightly frayed at the edges. Closing hook has been lost. 4-57282 CW75 (300-400) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2005 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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