Image Lot Price Description

3478
$1,840.00

LOT OF TURNED WOOD CANTEENS & OTHER CONTAINERS. (1) 9” canteen with legs & spout. Replacement carrying straps. Cracked on the bottom half with some fill, some worm damage on the top. (2) Turned & carved 8-1/2” canteen with top. Marked “KRONSTADT” in a ribbon under the state crown & tree roots. Matching turned wood stopper. Fine condition. (3) 5-3/8” turned wood canteen with legs. Missing the stopper & carrying straps, one side has been replaced, scattered traces of orange paint decoration. (4) 9” turned wood canteen with legs & turned top similar to one pictured in Ord’s Civil War encyclopedia, but probably German. Cracks repaired on one side, missing the carrying strap. (5) 7-1/7” turned & chipped carved wood canteen with legs & turned wood top. Missing the carrying straps. Has 2” crack near bottom on one side & 4” crack with staple repair near top on the other. (6) 7-1/4” turned wood canteen with screw top. Carrying straps around the painted body are still intact but the shoulder strap is broken on both sides. (7) Drum type canteen marked with paint “4TH COMPY”. Opposite side has a “3d /REGT” 5-1/4” diameter 6-1/4” length. Turned stopper between the two markings, carrying shank riveted through the leather bands. Very good condition. (8) 6-1/2” blue painted Quaker style canteen painted “A. UPTON.” on one side & illegible marking on the other side. Stopper is a hand carved replacement, carrying strap is missing. (9) 3-pc metal Tombstone mess kit with canteen, top & mess pan with folding wire handle. Unusually good condition for one of these with little in the way of denting or rust. (10) 6-1/4” bull’s eye flask missing the stopper. Considerably dented with scattered light rust. (11) 5-3/4” round metal flask. Missing the stopper & carrying strap. Domed sided, has a small rust area on one side, but about half of the orig red paint remains on the back & outside. (12) Tin mess kit with Tombstone canteen, scoop & container. Considerable surface rust on outside container, two inner containers are very good. CONDITION: As noted above. 4-56878 (1,500-2,500)


Auction: Firearms - Fall 2005
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