Product Details
A RARE BLAKESLEE QUICK-LOADER CARRYING CASE FOR TEN SPENCER-CARBINE MAGAZINE TUBES.
circa 1865 and made of black leather in hexagonal shape, 12in. x 3-3/4in. x 2-1/2in., with sewn edges and a spring-hinged lid, the lower left front flat and upper right rear flat with sewn and riveted tabs containing brass D-rings through which is mounted the original black leather sling, keeper and brass hooks, manufacturer mark to front flat, interior with original wooden block with provision for ten metal tubes that each held seven Spencer cartridges for quick loading into Spencer carbines (one remaining), some losses to the leather on the back flats, lower half of closure tab missing, some splits to the wooden block, strong hinge-spring.
Other Notes: Because of the rapid speed that a Spencer Repeating Carbine could be fired, a special box was designed to hold cartridges for loading. Erasmus Blakeslee patented this box late in 1864. The U.S. Government contracted for approximately 30,000 boxes for delivery to the War Department. Few survive.
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Estimate £600-800