Curious Miniature G.A.R (Civil War Veterans Fraternal) Ceramic Canteen with Rebus! classic design blocks The sprayed on red is

The sprayed on red is almost surreal (making me think they used the same red to paint a faux cherry pie

But also this beautifully faded hand-dyed dotted calico

who contributed much more lively content

it measures approximately 7 inches at widest diameter

Curious Miniature G.A.R (Civil War Veterans Fraternal) Ceramic Canteen with Rebus! classic design blocks The sprayed on red isAnother curious one, which, as a lover of rebuses, there was no way I could resist though I'm not the least bit good solving them! I turned up a blog post devoted to miniature ceramic canteens, explaining them as a phenomenon of the Grand Army of the Republic (G. A. R.), a fraternal organization found in 1866 and composed of Civil War Union army navy marine veterans. (The miniature canteen form referencing canteens carried in combat.) And indeed, the