Gettysburg Shell Lamp / SOLD

Gettysburg Shell Lamp - Inventory Number: GET 464 / SOLD

Fired From Cemetery Hill

1st Days Field

July 1st, 1863

Among the most prized Civil War collectables are the artillery shells from the famed Danner Museum, which was located on Baltimore Street in Gettysburg.  This example is a Confederate 12 pound Bormann spherical shell.  The face bears the gold painted inscription: “Fired From Cemetery Hill - 1st Days Field - July 1st, 1863”.

Joel Danner’s Museum and store opened in 1865, where he displayed and sold battlefield artifacts, some of the artillery projectiles he modified into lamps.  He also published and sold a Gettysburg Battlefield guidebook and map.  Many Civil War collectors are familiar with the famous Danner cabinet card showing the rows of artillery projectiles, weapons and drums recovered from the Gettysburg Battlefield.

Inventory Number: GET 464 / SOLD