MINIATURE REDWARE CANTEEN MADE FROM BATTLEFIELD MUD – GETTYSBURG SOUVENIR

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Made by Henry or Charles Speese (Speese & Son potters, Seminary ridge) of Gettysburg, circa 1885. Molded miniature Civil War canteen with small photo of Jennie Wade and rope handle. Canteen measures approximately 1 ¼” in diameter. Inscriptions are pressed into the clay. On the front around the photo is “KILLED JULY 2, 1863 / JENNIE WADE” and on the reverse is “clay from Gettysburg battlefield”. Made from battlefield clay, these miniatures were described in advertisements as, "made from material taken from the most historical portions of the field, they are themselves relics”. Acquired from the Speese family collection.  [jet]

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