CIVIL WAR LARGE BASS DRUM NOT SWORD MADE BY GEORGE KILBOURN NUMBERED CA 1861

Description

COULD BE USED AS A COFFEE TABLE - CIVIL WAR LARGE BASS DRUM MADE BY GEORGE KILBOURN NUMBERED 1455 VERY RARE, ONE OF THE SKINS NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, THE OTHER ONE HAS A SMALL REPAIR. CONDITION GOOD FOR AGE, OVER 160 YEARS OLD, FEW HAVE SURVIVED. SHIPPING IS 0 BECAUSE IT IS A LARGE ITEM, IF LESS I WILL REFUND IF MORE I WILL PAY THE DIFFERENCE. ORIGINALLY WHEN I PURCHASED IT THEY CHARGED ME 0 FOR SHIPPING. SWORDS ARE NOT PART OF THIS AUCTION PART OF A SEPARATE AUCTION.
A SIMILAR DRUM SOLD FOR 00.
Bass drum, 30 in. dia., 19 in. ht., with red painted counterhoops, rope tensioners with leather tugs, skin heads. Painted body features panoply of musical instruments and staff notation for Philip Phile's "
Hail Columbia
." Interior label marked "
Bass and Snare / Drums, / Tambourines & Banjos, / Made and Repaired By / George Kilbourn, / At His Premium Drum Factory, / 119 Orange Street, Albany
" and numbered "
1455
" below. Brass tack design is consistent with other examples by this maker. George Kilbourn is listed at this Albany address as early as 1852. This Drum dates around 1861.