Open wooden camp chest with leather cover and brass studs, surrounded by a tin plate, glass bottles, utensils, and a cylindrical pot on a folding stand.

Camp Chest with Mess Kit, 1775-1776

A wooden campaign chest with leather-covered lid, brass studs and iron hinges stands open, its interior holding tin dishes, small glass bottles and utensils. Beside it sit a tin plate, a long-handled cylindrical vessel on a folding iron stand, and two knives on a plain gray backdrop.

Artist: Unknown
Date: 1775-1776
Medium: green (overall color) cloth (overall material) leather (overall material) brass (overall material) iron (overall material) wood (overall mat
Source: Smithsonian (National Museum of American History)
Size: 2880 × 2212 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of American History) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1776).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History

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