Old Rare Vintage Antique Civil War Relic 3.5 inch Confederate Blakely Canister
A Once in a Life-Time Find. A 3.5 Inch Blakely Confederate Canister that is Still Intact. In my 25 Years of Civil War Relic Hunting I have Never seen one Recovered, at a Show or even in a Museum. This Displays Well as you can see some of the Matrix.
This has been inspected by Peter George, artillery expert and author, and is deemed to be inert and ready for display. This canister has iron balls and is stacked in tiers. The interstices are filled with dry, sifted sawdust which is packed with so that the balls will hold by themselves. The wooden sabots found on field canisters have two grooves cut into them.
The cartridge bag was tied onto these deep grooves cut into the wooden sabot in a complicated fashion. The canister cylinder was commonly made of tin, which was dipped into a lacquer of beeswax dissolved in spirits of turpentine to prevent rusting while in field service. Found on Private Property with Landowners Permission. As Always, my Items are 100% Authentic.
Please add me to your Favorite Sellers List and Check out the Rest of my Auctions. I Package With Extreme Care! The item "Old Rare Vintage Antique Civil War Relic 3.5 inch Confederate Blakely Canister" is in sale since Thursday, June 19, 2014. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Militaria\Civil War (1861-65)\Original Period Items\Artillery Gear, Equipment".
The seller is "civil_war_relic_hunter" and is located in Lynchburg, Virginia. This item can be shipped to United States, to Canada, to United Kingdom, to Mexico, to Germany, to Japan, to Australia.- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Civil War 1861-1865: 3.5 Inch Blakely Confederate Case Shot