VERY NICE LIGHT BLUE CANTEEN WITH STENCILLED SOLDIER’S WHITE INITIALS- THE ONE IN THE BOOK!

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Once in the esteemed collection of John Henry Kurtz, this M1857 US army “bullseye” or corrugated canteen is pictured and discussed on page 135 (as Canteen 149) in O’Donnell’s U.S. Army & Militia Canteens 1775-1910. The canteen is stamped on the neck just below the spout lip, with the lower portion lightly done, “HADDEN, PORTER & BOOTH. PHILADA.” using thin-letter die, one of several die styles that company used on its 379,666 corrugated canteens delivered to the Philadelphia Depot. For a cover this uses the sky blue twilled wool kersey sometimes used by that depot made from uniform material, along with its standard post-August 1862 marked spout and typical Philadelphia Depot web strap. O’Donnell dates the canteen to late 1862 or 1863.

The condition is very good. The blue color and white stenciling are strong. The cover shows just superficial soiling on the face with the initials and no holes. The reverse shows some dark spots at the upper middle and four holes: two pencil eraser size and two the size of a finger print, lower down. The strap is full length, with just some minor wear spots and one break at some point, mended by simply stapling the two ends together. O’Donnell notes it as 1 1/8” wide with unfinished edges and twilled and straight woven panels, with Horstmann as the main supplier. When photographed this had a Philadelphia-style stopper with it, which is now missing, but could be replaced. This has a great look, nice personalized soldier identification, and is not only like the one in the book, but is the one in the book.  [sr][ph:L]

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