April 5, 2024
Civil War Goodyear hard rubber navy soap/shaving dish
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This is an original US Navy soap/shaving dish issued during the Civil War. This came out of an estate sale in New England in the early 1980's. The top is ornamented with the anchor, the letters U.S.N. and the motto "Don't Give Up The Ship". The bottom is clearly marked "Manufactured by the Novelty Rubber Co, New Brunswick, New Jersey, under Goodyear's patent, May 6, 1851. The exterior is in beautiful condition-no cracks or other blemishes. The interior of the bottom is fine. The mirror in the lid, as you can imagine, has lost all its silver and the glass is cracked in two places, which wrer hed to gether long ago by three pieses of tape. The small ring used to hang the mirror from a nail for shaving is there. The dish was given to me with a small yellow piece of paper inside, which reads "Soap box for shaving used by Robert Butterworth when in Navy during Civil War". Until recently I was unable to identify him. However there is listed, in the 1890 Census returns for Civil War veterans, a Robert Butterworth living at 21 Berkley St. Sommersville, Mass. He first served in the 50th Mass. Infantry, from Sept. 11, 1862 until Aug. 24, 1863. Then he enlisted in the navy, serving as a landsman on the USS Sonoma from July 23, 1864 until June 13, 1865. The Sonoma served in the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron and its history can easily be
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