Collection Highlights
Broadway, A.T. Stewart Dry Goods Store
Date:
1851
Object Number:
PR.020.FF.28
Medium:
1896 photo-mechanical color reproduction of an engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Shot pouch w/strap
Object Number:
1943.374
Date:
1830-1860
Medium:
Leather, brass, iron, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 23 x 2 3/4 x 7/8 in. ( 58.4 x 7 x 2.2 cm )
Marks:
stamped: mouthpiece: "PATENT"
Description:
Stitched brown leather pouch with leather shoulder strap fastened to bottom and neck of pouch; at top is cylindrical brass mouthpiece; leather badly decayed.
Gallery Label:
This pouch held musket or rifle balls.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Garrett H. Winter
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
