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You searched for: Type: ObjectType: Armaments
Title Type Subject Creator Date Place Rights
Bullet Shell
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Armaments, Blank Cartridge
Bullet Shell
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Bullet casing, brass, Small super X 32 SPL
Bullet Shell
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Armaments, Blank Cartridge
  • c 1943
Bullet Shell
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Bullet casing, brass. Large 20 mm mk 2. Marked, “1943”.
Dagger Cane
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Armaments, Sword Cane
  • 19th c
Dagger Cane
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Bone handle with scallop carved on top. Blade encased in cane. Metal tip on end.
Eel Spear
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Armaments, Eel Spear
Eel Spear
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Long wooden pole with eight iron tines which have turned under tips. Tine held taut with twine. Resembles long rake. Used for catching eels in mud. Donor info - found in Pretty Marsh home of donor.
Flail
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Armaments, Flail
Flail
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Two rods joined together by leather strap and rope. One rod was held while the other was swung in an arc and brought down on beans, peas etc. Donor info - used by donor’s father, Charles W. Kittredge, to beat out buckwheat and beans. Catalog record card indicates that this may have been donated in 1959.
Powder Flask
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Armaments, Powder Flask
  • Other, Bullets
  • Recreation, Hunting
  • c 1850
Powder Flask
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Narrow neck. Design on side - two pistols crossed, stars, eagle carrying spears and shield, two flags, 16 stars, cannon balls and anchor. Similar to those made by the American Flask and Cap Co. during the 1850s.
Powder Horn
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Armaments, Powder Horn
  • Other, Bullets
  • Recreation, Hunting
  • 1770c.
Powder Horn
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Wooden cap nailed on each end. Marked G. Freeman 1770, H.G. Somes 1870. Donor info - this is the well known Somes Powder horn. Morris Somes was to be the next to sign.
Powder Horn
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Armaments, Powder Horn
  • Other, Bullets
  • Recreation, Hunting
Powder Horn
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Wooden stopper attached with brass nails. Made of animal horn.
Powder Horn
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Armaments, Powder Horn
Powder Horn
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Small wood stopper on end. Rawhide strap attached to each end.
Civil War Powder Horn
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Armaments, Powder Horn
Civil War Powder Horn
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Powder horn from Lewis H. Bracy of the Mount Desert Island Maine, Company H, 11th Maine Regiment during the Civil War.
Powder Measure
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Armaments, Powder Measure
  • Other, Bullets
  • Recreation, Hunting
  • c 1890
Powder Measure
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Wooden handle with metal cup on end for measuring gun powder. Marked, “B.G.F., 1890. Pat. Feb 25. Powder shot DRS 2 1/2 to 1 oz.”
Shot Bag
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Armaments, Shot Bag
  • Other, Bullets
  • Other, Shooting
  • Recreation, Hunting
Shot Bag
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Leather shot bag bound around neck of green glass bottle. Neck stuffed with hemp. Dark brown leather. Edges stitched together. Small worn patch.
Whaling Harpoon
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Armaments, Single Flue Harpoon
Whaling Harpoon
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Temple toggle iron. Handle wrapped with line and tar. Wooden toggle pin missing. Pin fits through spearhead. When lodged in whale the pin snapped, opening the blade so that it remained inside the skin.
Cartridge Box
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Armaments, Cartridge Box
  • unknown
Cartridge Box
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Leather stitched in white, wavy pattern tooled in leather. Leather very stiff. Shaped like a purse. Missing closure. Belt loops in back. Wooden cartridge box inside holds 18 cartridges.
Decoy Branscom Male Eider ca 1915
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
  • Object, Armaments, Decoy
  • Nature, Animals
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Recreation, Hunting
  • Branscom
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Decoy Branscom Male Eider ca 1915
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
Description:
Carved decoy, male eider duck
1920s shotgun
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Armaments, Shotgun
  • Object, Other Object
  • 1925
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
1920s shotgun
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Shotgun. 1925-1928, .410 gauge shotgun judging by trigger. Barrel is not twisted (that started in 1950s). Trademark STEVENS Reg. U.S. Pat Off & FGN. J Stevens Arms & Tool Co. Chicopee Falls MASS USA . Wood stock.
Sword made from a swordfish bill
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Armaments, Sword
  • Object, Art
  • Rena A. Percy
  • 1908
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Sword made from a swordfish bill
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Sword made from swordfish bill, with woven rope handle with remains of gilt in several spots, large red bow, and painted nautical scene. From left to right along the blade the painting shows a lighthouse, schooners, swordfish, seagull, flower, and a scroll with "Rena A. Percy", and date "July 19, 1908" towards the tip. Painting is peeling and flaking in some areas. On reverse, peeling paint remains near hilt but no evidence of painting on the rest of the blade. The Rena A. Percy was a schooner under Master Willis G.[E?] Bunker, with a crew of 14, (#200857?), either 78 or 46 Gross Tons, measuring 76.5/ 21.6/ 9.4. Built in 1904 in East Boothbay and used for dory trawling around Jonesport and elsewhere - (http://www.cranberryisles.com/photos/ci_notes.html - Cranberry Islands Notes by Chuck Liebow). Willis Bunker (1855-1915) was the uncle of donor's husband Linden "Tud" Bunker. Note states: "Sword came from Percy's house, Winslow Bunker's father." (In 2016, this would be the house owned by the Sullivan's.) [show more]
Shotgun shell tamper
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Armaments, Shotgun
  • Object, Other Object
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Shotgun shell tamper
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Tool, shotgun shell tamper (?)
Shotgun shell maker
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Armaments, Shotgun
  • Object, Other Object
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Shotgun shell maker
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Tool, shotgun shell maker (?)
Brown owl scarecrow
Tremont Historical Society
  • Object, Armaments, Decoy
  • early-mid 20th century
Brown owl scarecrow
Tremont Historical Society
Description:
Large brown owl bird scarer/scarecrow, 4 nails in bottm (perhaps to tie it down). One nail sticking out of ear location.
Harpoon Point
Islesford Historical Society
  • Object, Armaments, Harpoon
Harpoon Point
Islesford Historical Society
Description:
Brass Harpoon Point