XX RARE ANTIQUE CANTEEN REVOLUTIONARY WAR SIGNED E GOEDECKER ON SILVER CIVIL WAR

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XX RARE ANTIQUE CANTEEN REVOLUTIONARY WAR SIGNED E GOEDECKER ON SILVER CIVIL WAR:
$2700.00

*** BEING OFFED IS THIS TREMENDOUS FINE, UNIQUE AND ONLY ONE KNOWN TO EXIST ENGRAVED E. GOEDECKER ON SILVER PLATE CIRCA.1812 FREE STANDING 2 1/2 QUART LARGE CANTEEN WITH ORIGINAL RARE GREEN PAINT*** THIS IS A FRESH FIND OUT OF A WINCHESTER GUN DESIGNER AND INVENTOR\'S PRIVATE CONNECTICUT ESTATE ALONG WITH THE X RARE 1799 ANTIQUE LISTED LEDGER YOU WILL SEE WITH MY OTHER LISTINGS...PROVENANCE: BOTH THE CANTEEN AND EARLY ENFIELD CONNECTICUT HALE LEDGER WERE BOTH FOUND TOGETHER IN MANSFIELD CT. MANY YEARS AGO BY THE COLLECTOR AND ARE BEING OFFERED FOR SALE FOR THE FIRST TIME. NOTE: FOR THOSE NEW TO COLLECTING ANTIQUE CANTEENS I HIGHLY RECOMMEND READING MIKE O\' DONNELL\'S BOOK \"U.S. ARMY & MILITIA CANTEENS 1775-1910.\" FIRST LET ME START WITH THE SOMETIMES CONFUSING 1926 WOOD BRANDING AND LARGE APPROX. 2 1/2 QUART SIZE ALSO BRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THIS HISTORICAL CANTEEN ... SOMETIME BETWEEN THEREVOLUTIONARY WAR AND THE WAR OF I812 IT WAS ORDERED THAT ITEMS ISSUED TO SOLDIERS HAVE IDENTIFICATION OR SERIAL NUMBERS ALONG WITH SOMETIMESTHE INITIALS OF THE STATE THAT ISSUED THEM. IT WAS ALSO NOT UNUSUAL FOR ONE ORDER OF CANTEENS TO REACH AS HIGH AS 6000 UNITS AT A TIME. THE 1926 NUMBER IS A INVENTORY NUMBER AND IS NOT THE DATE THIS CANTEEN WAS MANUFACTURED... THIS VERY LARGE CANTEEN WOULDBE MUCH TO HEAVY TO BE CARRIED BY A SOLDIER AND WAS LIKELY CUSTOM MADE FORA VERY PROMINENT INDIVIDUAL.\"E. GOEDECKER\" THE FREE STANDING CANTEEN MEASURES APPROX. 12\" HIGH... 10 1/2\" WIDE... 4\" FRONT TO REAR AND WEIGHS APPROX. 4.3 LBS....THE CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES SHOWN IN MIKE O\' DONNELL\'S FANTASTIC BOOK ON CANTEENS IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE PHOTO #065 MODEL 1812 DESIGN.
THIS BEING VERY LIKELY CUSTOM, FREE-STANDING AND A LOT LARGER WITH TREMENDOUS OUTSTANDING HIGH QUALITY CRAFTSMANSHIP.
HISTORIC NOTE: DURING BATTLES THERE WERE SOLDIERS THAT HAD THEONLY JOB OF REFILLING MANY WAGON LOADS OF EMPTY CANTEENS WITHOUT WATER. THEVERY LARGE NUMBERED EASILY IDENTIFIED NAMED AND NUMBERED CANTEENS GOT PRIORITY TO BE FILLED WITH WATER LIKELY FOR A FIELD HOSPITAL OR A UNIT MANNING A ARTILLERY PIECE.CONSTRUCTION AND CONDITION: TIN CANTEENS WERE FIRST USED IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR BUT ONCETHE BRITISH BLOCKADE OF AMERICAN PORTS CANTEENS HAD TO BE MADE OF WOODEN STAVES... MANY WERE MADE OF OAK OR CEDAR WITH IRON HOOPS HEATED AND FORCED ON BY COOPERS TO SECURE THE INDIVIDUAL WOODEN STAVES ON THE CANTEENS.THE APPROX. 14 WOODED STAVES NOT INCLUDING THE TWO FOOTED STAVES WHICH ARE FOR THIS VERYLARGE CANTEENS FREE STANDING ABILITY... IRON TACKS WERE THEN USED TO HOLD THE IRON HOOPS IN PLACE...THIS MUSEUM QUALITY PIECE HAS ONE OF THE FINEST SKILLFULLY CARVED RAISED MOUTH PIECES CALLEDA\" BUNG\"... \"YOU MAY NOT FIND A BETTER EXAMPLE.\" THE LEATHER STRAP IS VERY EARLY BUT IS HARD TO DETERMINEIF IT IS ORIGINAL. ONE SIDE OF THE STRAP IS LOOSE AND MAY REQUIRE REPAIR AND SHOULD BE REATTACHED TO THE CANTEEN FOR DISPLAY... THE CORK IS NOT REMOVABLE AND LOOKS REPLACED BUT ALSO LOOKS TERRIFIC... THE VERY HIGH QUALITY IRON STRAP HARDWARE IS VERY STRONG AND A GOOD INDICATION OF IT\'S CIRCA 1812 DATE. NOTE: MOST REVOLUTIONARY WAR CANTEENS WOOD OF THIS ERA WERE NOT CURED PROPERLY THIS IS MUCH BETTER THAN MOST BUT WILL HAVE SOME PLAY, MOVEMENT TO THE CAST IRON LOOPS AND WOOD... ALL MATCHING APPROPRIATE AGED HARDWARE...PROPER WOOD SHRINKAGE AGAIN WITH SOME VERY SLIGHT MINOR EXPECTED WOOD PLAY BUT REMAINS STRONG AND SOLID... BLUE WAS THE MOST POPULAR OF PAINTED CANTEENS DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR INTO THIS TIME PERIOD... THE GREEN PAINT IS RARER BUT WELL DOCUMENTED IN USE AT THIS TIME PERIOD...THE CANTEEN HAS THE PROPER DISTRESSED AGING WHERE IT WAS HANDLED ON BOTH SIDES FOR DRINKING ...NOTE: THESE EARLY STYLE DRUM CANTEENS DATE ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE EARLY REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOME WITH WOOD HOOPS THEN SHEET METAL IRON HOOPS AND DID NOT CHANGE UNTIL APPROX 1839 WHEN THE ARMY RETIRED THE WOOD CANTEEN AND MANYWERE SENT TO BE SCRAPPED... MANY, MANY THOUSANDS OF CANTEENS WHERE CAPTUREDDURING SHIPPING AND TRANSPORTATION SO BOTH AMERICANS AND BRITISH USED EACH OTHERS AND COPIED AND MANUFACTURED EACH OTHERS DESIGNS... DURING THE CIVIL WAR MATERIALS WHERE SCARCE FOR THE CONFEDERATES AND MANY CONTINUED TO USE WOODEN CANTEENS. PERSONAL NOTE: MANY UNUSUAL CANTEENS LIKE THIS CAN REACH IN THE $9000.00 - $13000.00 PLUS RANGE AT MAJOR sale HOUSES AND MANY ARE NOT AS UNIQUEAS THIS ONE IS. TODAY YOU CAN LOOK ON AND SEE MASS PRODUCED WOMAN\'S HAND BAGS SELLING NEAR $150,000.00 \"THAT\'S VERY BIZARRE!!\" THIS TREMENDOUS NOSTALGIC ANTIQUE IS A GREATINVESTMENT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS AND THE DISCRIMINATING BUYER WHOSE COLLECTION DEMANDS THE VERY BEST AND RAREST ITEMS!! THERE ARE SOME VERY FAMOUS GOEDECKER\'S IN HISTORY!! THIS BEAUTIFUL HISTORIC NEW ENGLAND TREASURE COULD HAVE SOME GREAT GENEALOGY AND CERTAINLY DESERVES MUCH FURTHER RESEARCH!! TERMS AND CONDITIONS: THE ITEMS WE SELL ARE VINTAGE TO ANTIQUE AND WILL SHOW SIGNS OF NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR AND WILL ALSO SHOW IMPERFECTIONS. MANY OF THE IMPERFECTIONS ARE VIEWED AS CHARACTER TO ANTIQUE LOVER\'S AND IS ONE OF THE WAYS USED TO DATE ITEMS. WE HAVE OVER FORTY YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE ANTIQUE BUSINESS AND LOCATED BETWEEN BOSTON AND -
NEW YORK GIVES US A ADVANTAGE HAVING MANY OF OUR ITEMS EVALUATED BY SOME OF THE TOP EXPERTS IN THE COUNTRY PRIER TO SALE. ANY CONDITION INFORMATION IS GIVEN AS A COURTESY TO THE BUYER AND SHOULD BE INTERPRETED AS A OPINION AND NOT A STATEMENT OF FACT. ALL ITEMS ARE SOLD AS IS AS SHOWN WITHOUT RESTORATION... CLEANING... DUSTING... ETC. PLEASE STUDY THE PHOTOS AS PART OF THE DESCRIPTION. ***IF IT IS FOUND WE MADE A MAJOR MISTAKE THE ITEM MAY BE RETURNED TO US*** BUYER PAYS ALL RETURNED SHIPPING AND PROPER INSURANCE FOR WHATEVER REASON. ALL ITEMS ARE PROFESSIONALLY PACKED ANDSHIPPED. PLEASE CONTACT FOR EXACT SHIPPING QUOTE TO YOUR LOCATION. PLEASE ALLOW 1-5 DAYS FOR PACKING AND SHIPPING DUE TO WORK SCHEDULES. THANK YOU!!