EARLY INDIAN WAR MESS CUP ca. 1870 – RARE ITEM:
These are very nice specimens of the early ca. 1870 Indian Wars
Mess Cup, well known to advanced collectors and
archeologists who have found numerous examples of this
cup at frontier fort sites across the west.
Measuring 4 ¼”
tall and 4 ¼”
in diameter, these
cups show many of the characteristics incorporated in
the Model 1874 Cup, to include a rolled, reinforced lip, the
doubled edges and the shape of the handle, and the
applied, lap-seamed soldered bottom, lacking only the
distinctive “US” stamped into the handle that was
featured on the Model 1874.
The rarity of these early 1870’s
cups cannot be overstated, appearing on the market
perhaps once for every 200 examples of the Model 1874
Cup that are seen.
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