December 10-13, 2024 Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/10/2024
1) the curved, elmwood block of a British 18-hole ("belly") cartridge box of the form contracted by the Board of Ordnance and issued out for musketry use from at least 1740 and continuing in use in British infantry regiments into the 1780s and in the Royal Navy, well into the 1820s; 2) a 17-hole block of pinewood from an American cartridge box of the form used by Massachusetts and other New England troops during the early part of the Revolutionary War--with owner's initials "TR" carved in front face; 3) an American "bag" or "soft-pouch" form of cartridge box of Revolutionary War form, with its original 19-hole, curved block, with a supplemental block drilled for 6 additional cartridges added, the box converted from shoulder to waist carriage and its flap now missing; and 4) an extremely early form of cartridge box, generally in use from late 17th to early 18th century, consisting of thin panels of wood to construct a hollow, open box and covered with leather (in this example, thin calf in the interior and goat or sheepskin on the exterior), with an adjustable bag with tasseled cord for storing flints, and of wide loop behind for attaching to a belt--possibly a European example, but found in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey.