CINCINNATI DEPOT SMOOTHSIDE CANTEEN - PITZER COLLECTION OF GETTYSBURG HACKING AND BOARDING HOUSE ; GEISELMAN COLLECTION

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Item Code: 1179-1292

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This Model 1858 smoothside canteen has a nice patina over the entire body. All three sling keepers are present and the spout is made of pewter. The spout is unusual in that it seems to be a little taller than is normally seen. One side of the canteen has three slight indentations while the opposite side has one that is very small. The stopper on this canteen is missing but would have been held in place by the use of a string instead of a chain, as there is no hole on the sling keeper to indicate a chain was present. This is a very nice example of an early battlefield pick up. This artifact is identified on John Geiselman's museum listing. Originally sold as item# R10864.  [ws][ph:L]

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The Horse Soldier was pleased to offer a number of items 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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