Cartridge box
Classification:
Date:
1860-1870
Medium:
Leather, wood, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 7/8 x 8 in. ( 9.8 x 20.3 cm )
Description:
Leather, wood, and brass cartridge box; rectangular black leather box with two vertical straps for shoulder belt sewn to rear, and flap with strap that fastens to brass stud at bottom of box; box contains wooden block with twenty bored cartridge holes.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1936.557
Gallery Label:
This cartridge box was formerly part of the Francis Bannerman collection.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
39434
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Navy cartridge box; emblem is Confederate Navy though not sure
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1860-1870
Medium:
Leather, tin, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 5/8 x 7 7/8 in. ( 9.2 x 20 cm )
Description:
Leather, tin, and brass cartridge box; rectangular black leather box with two vertical straps for shoulder belt sewn to rear, and double flaps with strap on outer flap that fastens to brass stud at bottom of box; box contains double compartment tin insert with thirty cartridge tubes in left compartment; anchor flanked by two crossed cannons stamped on front of box.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1936.543
Gallery Label:
This cartridge box was formerly part of the Francis Bannerman collection.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
39433
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
European cartridge box could be American
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1850-1880
Medium:
Leather, tin, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/8 x 6 1/2 in. ( 10.5 x 16.5 cm )
Description:
Leather, tin, and brass cartridge box; rectangular black leather box with two vertical loops for shoulder belt sewn to rear, and flap with strap that fastens to brass stud at bottom of box; box contains center-divided tin insert with twenty cartridge tubes.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1936.556
Gallery Label:
This cartridge box was formerly part of the Francis Bannerman collection.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
39432
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cartridge box
Classification:
Date:
1867-1870
Medium:
Leather, wood, brass, iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 7/8 x 8 in. ( 12.4 x 20.3 cm )
Description:
Leather, wood, brass, and iron cartridge box; rectangular black leather box with two vertical loops for shoulder belt sewn and riveted to rear, and flap with strap that fastens to brass stud at bottom of box; box contains wooden block with thirty bored holes for cartridges; stamped mark at front of box.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1936.576
Marks:
stamped: front: "PATENTED/1867"
Gallery Label:
This cartridge box was formerly part of the Francis Bannerman collection. It was used with a carbine or rifle.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
39431
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cartridge
Classification:
Date:
1840-1865
Medium:
Paper, lead, gunpowder, cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/4 x 5/8 in. ( 7 x 1.6 cm )
Description:
Paper, lead, cotton, and gunpowder cartridge; lead musket ball and gunpowder charge wrapped at tail end of paper package; package tied with white string at tail.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman
Object Number:
1923.111b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
39410
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cartridge box
Classification:
Date:
1860-1865
Medium:
Leather, brass, tin
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 7/8 x 7 1/2 in. ( 14.9 x 19 cm )
Description:
Leather, brass, and tin cartridge box; rectangular black leather box with horizontal loop for shoulder belt sewn to rear, and flap with brass English-style lettering on front and strap that fastens to brass stud at bottom of box; box contains center-divided tin insert with two compartments for cartridges.
Credit Line:
Gift of Constance Schermerhorn Skillin
Object Number:
1937.259
Marks:
cast, applied: front flap: "NG" (National Guard)
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this cartridge box was used by Charles A. Schermerhorn while a member of the 7th Regiment, National Guard New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
39199
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cartridge box
Classification:
Date:
1880-1900
Medium:
Leather, iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 8 3/4 in. ( 17.8 x 22.2 cm )
Description:
Leather and iron cartridge box; rounded brown leather box has strap with iron buckles at both ends fastened to loops along bottom and flap with strap that fastens to buckle on front.
Credit Line:
Gift of Lyman L. McCarty
Object Number:
1909.44
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this cartridge box was used during the Spanish-American War.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
39096
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cartridge box: NG?
Classification:
Date:
1865-1875
Medium:
Leather, brass, tin, iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. ( 19.7 x 22.2 cm )
Description:
Leather, brass, tin, and iron cartridge box; rectangular black leather box with horizontal loop for shoulder belt sewn to rear, two iron buckles at bottom, an implement pocket on front, and double flaps with strap on outer flap that fastens to brass stud at bottom of box and brass English-style lettering on front; box contains two tin inserts with double compartments at top and one compartment at bottom.
Credit Line:
Gift of the 7th Regiment, National Guard New York
Object Number:
1953.173
Marks:
applied, cast: front flap: "NG" (National Guard)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
39022
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Marine Corps cartridge box
Classification:
Date:
1870-1880
Medium:
Leather, brass, iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/8 x 8 1/8 in. ( 18.1 x 20.6 cm )
Description:
Leather, brass, and iron cartridge box; rectangular black leather box with one horizontal and two vertical loops for shoulder belt riveted and sewn to rear, two iron buckles at bottom, an implement pocket on front, and double flaps with brass eagle perched atop globe and anchor on front, and strap that fastens to brass stud at bottom of box; stamped mark on inner flap.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Naval History Society
Object Number:
1925.191
Marks:
stamped: inner flap: "MANUFACTURED/BY/J.E. CONDICT/57. WHITE. ST/NEW.YORK."
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this cartridge box was recovered from the U.S.S. Vandalia, which sank near Samoa in 1889.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
39008
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sharps cartridge box Civil War
Classification:
Date:
1860-1865
Medium:
Leather, brass, iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. ( 10.8 x 21.6 cm )
Description:
Leather, brass, and iron cartridge box; rectangular black leather box with two vertical and one horizontal loop for shoulder belt sewn and riveted to rear, two iron buckles at bottom, an implement pocket, and double flaps with strap on outer flap that fastens to brass stud on bottom; box contains wooden block with twenty bored holes for cartridges; stamped mark on inner flap.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1936.547
Marks:
stamped: inner flap; "HOOVER, CALHOUN & COMPANY/MAKERS/NEW YORK"
Gallery Label:
This cartridge box was probably made for use with .52 or .56 caliber Spencer, Joslyn, or Remington carbine cartridges. It was formerly part of the Francis Bannerman collection.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
38998
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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