Collection Highlights
Shrewsbury River, New Jersey
Date:
1859
Object Number:
S-229
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
U.S. Regulation Tin Canteen, Model 1858
Object Number:
1934.160
Date:
1858-1863
Medium:
Tin, wool, pewter, cotton, iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/2 x 8 in. ( 21.6 x 20.3 cm )
Description:
Tin, wool, pewter, cotton, and iron canteen; oblate, circular tin body with blue-green wool cover, white cotton sling running through tin loops at sides and bottom with iron chain fastened to knot at top, and cylindrical pewter mouthpiece.
Gallery Label:
This canteen was used during the Civil War by Alexander Campbell, a lieutenant in the 79th Highlander Regiment, New York Volunteers.
Credit Line:
Gift of the New York Caledonian Club
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
