US MILITIA TIN CANTEEN MADE TO IMITATE A WOOD PATTERN 1830s – 1840s

US MILITIA TIN CANTEEN MADE TO IMITATE A WOOD PATTERN 1830s – 1840s

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This is an interesting US militia canteen where the maker used then modern manufacturing techniques to make a tinned iron canteen with stamped, recessed faces and raised rim that would imitate an older wooden barrel-rim pattern with the wood staves of the edge slightly projecting over the faces around the circumference. This likely dates to the 1830s-1840s and is the smaller size, in this case 5-1/4” in diameter and 2-1/2” thick, that would fill the requirement for the militiaman to be equipped with a canteen, though it would hardly suffice for active service. The style, however, would clearly evoke the pattern used a generation earlier, in the War of 1812, and dating as far back as the Revolution. It is even possible the volunteer militia company carrying it may have adopted a uniform equally traditional. Be that as it may, the condition is very good, with good seams, no dents or tears, brackets and spout in place. The tin shows largely gray around the edge where it was subject to wear, but preserves remnants of a warm reddish-brown lacquer finish that may intentionally have recalled the wood used in the original versions. This is very interesting variation that deserves a place not only in a canteen or pre-war militia collection illustrating the wide variety of weapons, uniforms and equipage of the socially prominent, “elegant elite.”  [sr][ph:L]

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