Antique 18th Century Wooden Canteen/Rum Keg ~ Hand-Hammered Iron Hoops 🇺🇸

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Up for auction is an
antique 18th Century
wooden canteen/rum keg
🇺🇸
. It has
hand-hammered iron hoops
and a
wooden peg
in lieu of a cork. The handle is made of leather. Eight inches (20⅓ cm) long, it has a diameter of about 5¾” (14½ cm) at its widest part and is 5” (12¾ cm) in diameter at the end. By sight, it holds ½ gallon, maybe ¾ gallons of liquid.
I’m dating this by a note taped onto the canteen (You can see it in the pictures.) which says
Barrel-shaped wooden rum keg or canteen with four hand-hammered iron hoops, circa 1770
. This is from the estate of the owner of a shop which dealed (sic) in antique but especially historical goods.
This is doing very well for a wooden canteen or keg that is almost 250 years-old. One hoop is loose but is holding. The wooden staves are slightly chipped on one end of the keg. The leather handle is in surprising shape. Lightly scratched onto one of the ends of the barrel is
1776
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Please see photos for more description and condition. All items sold "as is" and as described. These artifacts are old and have been used so expect wear and age defects unless noted otherwise. No returns unless description/photographs totally misrepresent item/s.
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