Canteen
date: label: date made
content: ca 1860 - 1865
notes: label: Description
content: U.S. Regulation tin canteen, Model 1858. Flattened spherical, bullseye or corrugated canteen with cylindrical spout and three equidistant small brackets for the carrying strap or sling at the shoulders and bottom. Folded seam around perimeter. Painted black. Old, rectangular paper label adhered to one side is inscribed (in ink) "Harlins(?) Canteen / Carried thru the / Civil War 1862 / 1865 (flourish)" and (in pencil, by a different hand) "Metcalf Albi(on?) N(?)". No other marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Kenneth E. Jewett
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.257491.0066
label: catalog number
content: 257491.0066
label: accession number
content: 257491
objectType: label: Object Name
content: canteen
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pewter (spout material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (exterior material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (label material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (label material)
label: Physical Description
content: graphite (label material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/8 in x 8 3/4 in x 7 1/2 in; 7.9375 cm x 22.225 cm x 19.05 cm