4600 RARE SMALL ORIENTAL POWDER BOSTON, MA. & GORHAM,

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This item SOLD at 2020 Dec 14 @ 18:22UTC-04:00 : AST/EDT
Category Firearms & Military
Auction Currency USD
Start Price 500.00 USD
Estimated at 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD
ME. POWDER KEG. The Oriental Powder Co. manufactured gun powder & was one of the four largest suppliers to the Union forces throughout the American Civil War. The wooden Oriental Western Sporting Company powder keg has an original lithograph label w/ gilt lettering which reads “ORIENTAL POWDER MILLS BOSTON MASS” around the border of the label. The inside of the label features a grouse beneath “WESTERN SPORTING POWDER”. The keg of wood construction w/ wood & bark staves. The end of the keg w/ threaded wooden plug w/ remnants of an additional old label. SIZE: 13" l x 10" diameter. CONDITION: keg retains all original surfaces & original label on top & bottom. The Powder Mills label is in good condition w/ some creasing, otherwise very good. The threaded plug is intact. The bark wrappings have some slight damage; minimal in nature, due to dryness. This is really a wonderful, well preserved example & is quite rare. (02-14686). $1,000-1,500.