4.52 INCH SPHERICAL SHELL WITH CONFEDERATE BORMAN FUSE, FOUND NEAR WEIKERT HOUSE – GEISELMAN COLLECTION

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Item Code: 2023-3149

Here is a very nice 12-pounder spherical shell with a Confederate Borman fuse still intact.  Lightly pitted, the shell measures 4.52 inches in diameter and weighs 7 pounds 14 ounces.  Ralph Grove found it in relic condition in Gettysburg in the field across from the Weikert House along Taneytown Road. The Borman fuse is identified as Confederate by the large numbers (still visible) on the fuse index plate, the single wrench slot, and no threads on top of the fuse plate.  The fuse on this shell was not set and most likely dropped.  This piece was identified in John Geiselman’s collection by his museum listing. Originally sold as item R10902. [bb][ph:L]

10% Geiselman discount does NOT apply to this item.

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This item is from the John P. Geiselman collection, a collection that was on display for many years at the Geiselman Country Store Museum on Barlow - Two Taverns Road. Geiselman began his collecting as a child in the early 1920s, and during the pre-World II period had access to artifacts that had been purchased earlier at the estate sales of the Trostle, Rogers, Rose, Weikert, and Wentz farms - local properties that figured prominently in the battle and its aftermath. During this period he had access as well to the Hill , Plank, and Stewart collections, and was able to acquire other items that had been sold from turn-of-the-century relics establishments such as the Danner, Ziegler, and Oak Ridge Museums. Furthermore, Geiselman carefully documented most artifacts, and collectors perusing the list will be able to note, in many instances, not only the source of the relic and the date of its recovery, but also the part of the battlefield from which it came. In other words, his collection is the last major grouping of Gettysburg artifacts assembled and documented by a local resident.

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