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Decorated Militia Canteen

Catalog#:	Spring 2003
Category:	Folk Art
SubType:	{Other}
Origin:	America-USA
Era:	19th Century



An American Folk Art masterpiece decorated militia canteen, signed Sgt. Mate Wm. Whedon. Circa 1815. Diameter: 5-1/2"; Thickness: 2" References: New England Militia Uniforms and Accoutrements. A publication of Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, by John Obed Curtis and William H. Guthman, p. 82 for a canteen by the same artist. The American Eagle, by Philip M. Isaacson, p. 49 for a nearly identical canteen in the Collection of William Guthman.

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