United States. A Civil War Wooden Powder Keg Auction Archive dark blue and yellow enamels

dark blue and yellow enamels

marked "14 K" and engraved "C

residue present in the recessed areas from cleaning

dated 2 January 1922

on a blue-grey wool backer

United States. A Civil War Wooden Powder Keg Auction Archive dark blue and yellow enamelsThe body consists of twelve vertical wooden panels, one of the panels with an additional wooden stud bearing a large hole in the center affixed via four metal rivets, metal restraining straps (hoops) affixed around the circumference at both ends, each of which is secured in place via a single rivet, stamped "C C" within a circular recessed frame on the top disk, hand engraved with the initials "Z R" within a circular recessed frame on the bottom disk,