GETTYSBURG SOUVENIR DESK SET BY JOHN GOODE

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Item Code: 1256-115

This desk set features relics recovered at Meade’s Headquarters. Atop a wooden rectangular base measuring 4 inches by 2 inches, sits a roller buckle, one three-ring minie ball, a Confederate two-ring musket ball, two mushroomed bullets and a small rock fragment (flecks of quartz can been seen under light along with its coarse texture). At the center, a square painted milk glass inkwell featuring flowers and leaves. The block base features wood taken from the battlefield. It has been lacquered a light tan-yellow color (some of which has worn off and is most noticeable in front of the inkwell). The underside is raw wood, but a prior owner has penciled their initials “K.M.” on the bottom along with some other unintelligible scribbles. The front of the base is marked “Meade’s Headquarters / Gettysburg Battlefield.” K.M. strikes again as the initials appear over the word “battlefield.” There is a small drilled hole in front of the inkwell, possibly for a writing pen. Each item is tacked down with either a small nails or tacks.

This desk set is in good condition even though there may be a piece missing. All items are firmly in place. There are no chips or cracks to the inkwell. Other than K.M.’s initials, there are no other detracting marks to note.

John Good is known as one of the finest makers of Gettysburg battlefield relics – most all made from wood picked up around the battlefield in the late 19th century into the early 20th century. Good’s specialty was fancier turned wood but he also supplied various souvenirs for the tourist trade such as the desk set featured here.  [CLA][ph:L]

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