Very unique wooden cup made by a Confederate prisoner in a POW camp in Nashville, Tennessee. Cup is fashioned together of wooden slats that are held together by two brass bands, similar to a barrel. There is a third brass band attached vertically to the side of the cup which is curled into a loop to become the handle. Brass bands have small nails to hold them in place.

Cup has a handwritten inscription on the bottom which reads, “PENITENTIARY NASHVILLE DEC. 13, 1862”.

Cup is in very good condition. In a small section, some of the wood slats have split at the top and some small pieces of the wood are missing.

This is a fabulous example of an item that the soldiers being held in prison camps would have created. It was common for them to occupy their long and difficult time as a POW with projects such as this.

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