RELIC TIN POWDER FLASK RECOVERED FROM GETTYSBURG - SHIELDS MUSEUM COLLECTION

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Item Code: 462-76

Small powder flask has raised image of spread-winged eagle with shield and stars. Flask has light surface rust and is split into two pieces. Overall a nice relic. Image is clearly visible in spite of dents. Flask measures 3 ¾” high x 2” at widest points.

Ott Shields amassed one of the earliest and well known collections of Gettysburg artifacts.  In 1918, he opened a private museum that featured the “Shields Collection,” one of the few documented Gettysburg collections obtained by local families (Rosensteel; Danner; Wert; Mumper; Ziegler, etc.).  The Shields Museum closed in the 1980s and the collection was sold at auction on November 16, 1985.  Offering over 600 lots “comprised mostly of Gettysburg battlefield pick-up relics,” the auction attracted several hundred Civil War collectors, dealers, and museum buyers. SM]

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