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AED[REVOLUTIONARY WAR] Striking Blue Canteen
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LiveJul 10, 2026
A historic assortment of lots carefully curated to celebrate the 250th anniversary of American independence, bringing together significant artifacts, documents, and objects that illuminate the people, events, and ideals that shaped the nation’s founding and early development. Fleischer's Auctions info@fleischersauctions.com
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Stave and hoop canteen. N.p., 18th c. Approx. 9 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. (Diameter).
Peculiarly, the black paint has worn away to reveal an undercoat of vibrant azure applied to this American Revolutionary War era Continental soldier's canteen. The cask-style canteen, a miniaturized version of the era's wine and liquor casks, is composed of 13 staves, 3 wrought iron hoops (absent the fourth), a flat wooden head at either end, and a wire loop and wooden handle. One bunghole is placed unremarkably at the center of a stave, but another, smaller bunghole is bored into the head of the canteen and plugged with a modern wooden stopgap.
While British and Hessian forces were supplied with tin canteens, shortages drove the Continental army to turn to readily-available wood for their construction. The coopered wooden canteen experienced a revival in the form of drum canteens during the Civil War, when blockades prevented tinned sheet iron from reaching the Confederate States.
[Canteens, Roundlet, Rundlet, Roundlets, Rundlets] [Relics, Militaria, Accouterment, Equipment, Uniforms] [American Revolutionary War, American Revolution, Founding Fathers, Declaration of Independence, Colonial America, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, James Monroe] [War of 1812, James Madison, Battle of Lake Erie, Battle of Plattsburgh, Fort McHenry, Battle of New Orleans, Treaty of Ghent, Andrew Jackson]
Condition
Lacking one terminal iron hoop, else in fine condition.
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