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CS 30-POUNDER PARROTT SHELL

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:375.00 USD Estimated At:750.00 - 1,100.00 USD
CS 30-POUNDER PARROTT SHELL
CS 30-POUNDER PARROTT SHELL. Excavated. One of at least four complete ones known to exist. Shell has rebated area at the base, which was a Confederate manufacturing design to help reduce the shell chipping when it fired. This specimen was recovered from Morris Island the site of Confederate Battery Wager in Charleston, South Carolina. Battery Wagner was the setting for the movie "Glory." The brass sabot has been chiseled to help take the rifling. Extremely fine lathe marks can be seen the length of the shell. Confederate copper time fuse. CONDITION: Very fine condition with occasional light scattered pitting. 4-55881 JM123 (750-1,100)