Set Reminder2024-05-23 12:00:002024-05-23 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : 19th Century Historical and Military Rarities https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/19th-century-historical-and-military-rarities-21906 The first session in this auction features military artifacts of the late 18th and early 19th centuries – the period of the French Revolution and the Age of Napoleon.
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Original Red Lancer Officer?s Complete Mess Kit. [Ca. 1812]. With a silver cup with formed leather insert lined with satin, folding cutlery (knife, fork and spoon - many of which are stamped), carved bone toothpick, silver-finished bottle opener, a bone tube that unscrews in the center, and an additional small silver spoon. Some minor wear. This beautiful field mess kit, housed in the original circular gold-tooled leather box, is 5 ?? high and 3 inches diameter with a hinged top (some mild wear, top is loose, but present). A fine example of this rare kit. Carried by senior Officers, such accouterments were a welcome respite from the standard issue field kits (see p. 35 of Pawley?s The Red Lancers where a similar kit is featured). From the collection of Bertrand Malvaux.