Experimental cartridge box

Object Number: 
1936.567
Date: 
1865-1870
Medium: 
Leather, wood, brass
Dimensions: 
Overall: 5 5/8 x 8 1/2 in. ( 14.3 x 21.6 cm )
Marks: 
stamped: interior flap: "LAIDLEYS/PLAN"
Description: 
Leather, wood, and brass cartridge box; rectangular black leather box with brass clasp and belt loop on both sides, and flaps at top and bottom with straps that fasten to brass studs; box contains wooden block with thirty bored cartridge holes at top and bottom; stamped mark on inside of one of the flaps.
Gallery Label: 
This cartridge box was formerly part of the Francis Bannerman collection.
Credit Line: 
Purchase
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Creative: Tronvig Group