Confederate Wood Drum Canteen / SOLD

Confederate Wood Drum Canteen - Inventory Number: CON 507 / SOLD

This is a very good example of the classic Civil War Confederate wood drum canteen. Often referred to the Gardner pattern, this was a simple design well within the abilities not only of coopers, but other woodworkers, who produced them throughout the south - so much so that even at the time were valued trophies and war relics instantly recognizable as Confederate.

These were made using simple lathe-turned front and back faces with staves curved to fit round them and grooved to fit over the edge and hold them in place, all secured by two narrow, rivetted iron hoops. The hoops are in turn kept in place by three cross bands turned up at the ends and raised in the middle to keep the hoops in position, and to act as brackets for a shoulder strap. It's an ingenious construction, with all parts acting with and against each other to keep the thing together.

This shows some wear and wartime use but is in very good condition, lacking just the spout, which is usually the case and, in some cases, perhaps dispensed with in the making. The color is a pleasing mellow brown on the faces with a section of the reverse showing some marring where a possible identification was removed by its captor.  

A Classic example of the essential Confederate cedar drum canteen.

Inventory Number: CON 507 / SOLD