AMERICAN COIN SILVER PRESENTATION PITCHER MAINE MILITIA Civil War US MILITARY

Description

ITEM OF SIGNIFICANT HISTORICAL INTEREST OF THE STATE OF MAINE
WONDERFUL ANTIQUE AMERICAN COIN SILVER LARGE PRESENTATION WATER PITCHER.
FINE QUALITY HAND CHASED DECORATION.
CIRCA 1850'S, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.
MARKED UNDER BASE: "Bigelow Bros. & Kennard Boston COIN".
PRESENTATION PIECE.
ENGRAVED ON FRONT:
"Presented to Capt. E. K. Harding by the Officers and Members of the BATH CITY GRAYS. January, 1855."
Bath City Grays - Bath, Maine militia unit.
Edward Kelloran Harding, founder of the
Bath City Grays, a company composed of leading citizens of Bath, which company held their organization as such until the breaking out of the war, when they became Company A, of the Third Regiment, Maine Volunteers. Company A joined Federal service on June 4, 1861, shortly before traveling to Virginia and their first encounter with Confederate troops at the Manassas railroad junction.
At the breaking out of the war Mr. Harding desired to offer his service to the government, which his fondness for and familiarity with military command would have rendered invaluable at that juncture, but yielding to the desire of the Governor and Adjutant General of the State he accepted the position of Acting Quartermaster General of the State of Maine, and equipped every regiment that left the state during the war, personally superintending all details and correspondence.
Mr. Harding
was at one time president of the City Bank, president of the Marine Mutual Insurance Company, president of the Boston & Maine Steamship Company, president of the International Telegraph Company, Hinkley Knitting Company, Nequasset Lake Ice Company.
(From:
History of Bath and Environs,
Sagadahoc County, Maine.
1607-1894
BY: Parker McCobb Reed
Lakeside Press, Printers
Portland, Maine, 1894)
SIZE:
About 14 7/16 in. (36.7 cm) tall at the handle.
WEIGHT:
About 30 troy oz.
CONDITION:
Very good original antique condition.
Some minor, easy to fix dents (don't affect overall appearance or functionality, please see last 2 pictures).
No repairs.
GUARANTEED SOLID SILVER - 900/1000 AMERICAN COIN SILVER STANDARD, SLIGHTLY LOWER THEN STERLING.
ALL DARK SPOTS YOU ARE SEEING IN THE PICTURES IS JUST A REFLECTION.
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