Object Record
Metadata
Object Name |
Cap, Percussion |
Catalog Number |
0985.13.01277 |
Description |
Cylindrical tin container with lid; paper label on the lid reads: "Hick's Anti Corrosive Percussion Caps/ No. 61/ Manu'd by Amer. Flask & Cap Co. Waterbury Ct./ 250" on a label on lid. The tin contains 34 caps. |
Dimensions |
H-0.75 Dia-2 inches |
Owned |
J. W. Davies (tentative); William W. Davies |
Made |
American Flask and Cap Company |
Provenance |
The cartridge box and caps are from the collection of J. W. Davies, later the collection of William W. Davies, his son. J. W. Davies raised a company of sharpshooters detailed for special duty along the James River. His son William was appointed messenger for Jefferson Davis. |
People |
Davies, John W. Davies, William W. |