UNTOUCHED CIVIL WAR PHILADELPHIA DEPOT CANTEEN BY ROHRMAN WITH DARK BLUE COVER

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Item Code: 2020-12

In the hierarchy of Civil War canteen collecting, dark blue covers have always been regarded as scarce and desirable, especially from their visual appeal. This one is marked on the spout by Joseph Hall Rohrman, a major tinware manufacturer in Philadelphia and a large supplier of canteens, both on several U.S. government contracts and as a subcontractor to Horstmann and others. This is one of his corrugated, eight-ring canteens, likely from his contracts from 8/13/63 through that of 2/16/64, his later canteens having contract dates on the spouts and only four rings, according to O’Donnell.

The canteen body is in very good shape. The Rohrman stamp is clear on the neck. The brackets are in place. The lip of the pewter spout shows a little battering, but this is a very nice field-used example. The blue canteen cover is in very good shape, with a few scattered moth holes on one side and just one or two small ones on the other. The seam is tight and the cloth shows just some dirt and grime that make it plain the soldier carried it on campaign, brought it home, hung it up, and left it untouched. The stopper and retaining string are in place. The strap is missing on either side a few inches above the brackets and should not be replaced on what is an untouched relic of army service. The blue cover has good color and shows seams on the face typical of the Philadelphia Depot, which used its large stocks of uniform fabric and scraps to cover the canteens, which were delivered bare by the contractors.

This displays great and shows a number of key diagnostics valued by collectors in dating and determining manufacturers and points of distribution. It is also, simply, a nice untouched memento preserved by a Civil War soldier who, like his comrades, usually valued his canteen more than any other piece of equipment, including his weapons.  [sr]

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