OLD WATER BOTTEL, COL COCHRANE\'S PATENT, S W SILVER & CO, CORNHILL LONDON for Sale

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OLD WATER BOTTEL, COL COCHRANE\'S PATENT, S W SILVER & CO, CORNHILL LONDON For Sale

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OLD WATER BOTTEL, COL COCHRANE\'S PATENT, S W SILVER & CO, CORNHILL LONDON:
$210.00

OLD WAR WATER BOTTEL, COL COCHRANE\'S PATENT, S W SILVER & CO, CORNHILL LONDON SIZE 7\'\' X 5\'\' REFER ---The Civil War Canteen - Third Edition .it is a Gutta-Percha canteen (water bottle). The thick spout is marked with “S.W. Silver & Co. / Cornhill, London”.this is a Gutta-Percha canteen (water bottle). The thick spout is marked with “S.W. Silver & Co. / Cornhill, London”.The S.W. Silver Co. started their business in 1838 in London and Liverpool mostly dealing with clothing and furniture. Several years later they were forging strong connections in supplying the military and they were ideally placed to import India rubber as a business alongside their clothing and furniture. The European discovery of the qualities of Gutta Percha at this time were also having a dramatic effect on Silver\'s business.In 1848, while at Nos. 66 and 67, Cornhill, London, they were supplying Naval and Military Officers, Midshipmen and Cadets with supplies. In 1861 Silver advertised in the London Commercial Directory that they could supply Furniture for Camp, Barrack, Cabin, Canteens, Trunks, Portmanteaus, etc.”.In “Civil War Canteens” by Mike O’Donnell, one of these gutta-percha canteens is pictured. He states “This specimen is believed to be an early 1850’s effort to adapt India Rubber to military use. The US Ordnance Dept. experimented with these hard rubber canteens and rejected them as totally unsuitable”.