Item Number: A00456

Item Title: Unfired James Type-I Shell - Reduced: Was $820

Price: $775

Shipping: Not included

Provenance: US

Type: James

Size: 14 Pounder (3.8 Inch Caliber)

Sabot: Lead sleeve covered with tine and some canvas

Fuse: James Percussion

Book:
Dickey and George (1993 Edition) Page 188
Melton and Pawl (Paperback Editon) Page 59 A-75

Location Recovered: Shiloh Battle, Tennessee

Description:A very nice James Type-I shell for the brass 14 pounder James rifle which is a dropped round from the battle of Shiloh and still has the sabot. The Type-I is the variety with the ribbed columns and are one of the most desirable shells by collectors due to the classical design. Every collection should have one. The iron is good but some cleaning could make it look even better if the buyer wanted. Sabot is intact all the way around and still has much of the tin and some canvas present. Typically the sabots on drops are much corroded due to the layers of metal causing galvanic action which eats them up. A very nice shell and most assuredly dug a long time ago. The fuse has a very nice green patina.

Projectile is disarmed through the base, cleaned and coated.