Created in the 1860s on behalf of the United States government; Ownership assumed in 1864 by George R. Rome, Massachusetts. Acquired by an anonymous collector, United States;[1] Consigned in 2010 to Swann Auction Galleries, New York; Acquired in 2010 by Seth Kaller, Inc., White Plains, New York; Privately purchased in 2010 by Green Collection, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Donated in 2017 to National Christian Foundation (later The Signatry), under the curatorial care of Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.
Notes: [1] This equipment, along with other items related to Rome’s service, were consigned to auction at Swann Auction Galleries in 2010. The collection went unsold. A representative from Swann was unable to provide further information about the seller. See Swann Galleries, New York, Printed & Manuscript African Americana, February 25, 2010, Lot 281 (email from Swann Auction Galleries to Museum of the Bible, June 4, 2019).