CIVIL WAR US NAVY PRIMER TIN WITH 1880s REINSPECTION & ISSUE LABEL

CIVIL WAR US NAVY PRIMER TIN WITH 1880s REINSPECTION & ISSUE LABEL

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Item Code: 2026-9174

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This painted, tinned iron box measuring 3-1/4 x 2-5/8 x 1-3/4  inches is an original Civil War US Navy tin for cannon primers. This has its hinges, small latch tab and catch in place. It has some scrapes and losses to the paint, but still has most of its original reddish color. These tins could fit in the leather USN primer boxes, two of which we offer separately. We show a photo of a CW navy gun crew posed around a naval gun, showing one of those boxes on the belt of the sailor at center, posed as if he had just placed the primer in the vent, with the taught lanyard running across the photo at center.

This comes from an old collection containing many items purchased off Bannerman’s Island or from their Blue Point, LI, operation, opened in 1959 when the NY City store closed and clearly came to Bannerman from surplus USN stores. This still has a paper label pasted inside the lid reading “ORDNANCE DEPT. N.Y.W.” (i.e. Navy Yard Washington) with spaces for dates of manufacture, re-inspection, and name of the inspector. In this case, instead of a date the “manufactured” line is filled in with “by” and a set of initials, which seem to be the same as the inspector on the bottom line. The date of reinspection is in the 1880s, when the navy was just beginning the transition to breach-loading guns, but heavy caliber muzzle loading cannon were still around and the navy was likely reassessing its stockpiles.

This is a scarce piece that would add to a Civil War US Navy or artillery display.   [sr] [ph:L]

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