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THBConfederate Folk Art Carved Pipe Belonging to J.W. McCollum, 10th South Carolina Cavalry
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LiveFeb 21, 2017 - Feb 22, 2017
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- Lot Description
Large, silver mounted folk art pipe, carved down by a soldier from a commercially produced meerschaum pipe. With very high relief carved lettering filling the full front, top to bottom, J.W. McCollum / Co. B, above large palmetto tree with huge letter on either side, S and C, and 10th Cav. (below the base of the palmetto tree). The hinged and fluted dome shaped cover at top of bowl is silver and professionally made, even with the bottom of the hinge being fancy pierced motifs. Matching all silver (not silver mounted) affixed to lower stem section. Overall width, including the silver mounted cover of the stem section, 4 in.; bowl overall height, with its hinged silver mounted cover, 5.5 in., dia. 1.875 in.
J.W. McCollum enlisted as a private on September 1, 1862, and mustered into Co. B of the 10th South Carolina Battalion Cavalry on the same day. No further information is available regarding McCollum's time with the 10th Battalion, South Carolina Cavalry, also called the South Carolina Volunteers, which was initially organized in January 1862 as the 3rd Battalion SC Cavalry but was mustered in as the 2nd Battalion SC Cavalry. In September 1862, the designation was changed to the 10th Battalion SC Cavalry. By December 16, 1862, the battalion was consolidated with the 12th Battalion SC Cavalry and two independent companies, forming the 4th Regiment SC Cavalry. Many of the men enlisting with Co. B, also known as the Calhoun Troop and Captain Cary's Company, came from the Anderson and Pickens Districts and Pendleton area of the state.
Provenance: N. Flayderman and Co., Inc.Overall very fine, some surface wear, few nicks, small holes, with some light soiling built up within little holes/cracks of wood. Some tarnishing to silver.Condition
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