Tell me more! S.Isaac, Campbell & Co. Makers Mark

[Gillam&Miller]

Has anyone ever seen a S. Isaac, Campbell & Co makers mark like this ? I would assume it would have come from a contractor of the company. Interesting part of it is that fact they misspelled Campbell

 

[UCVRelics]

Looks like a good question for our resident expert and author of the the book The Suppliers to the Confederacy @Craig L Barry. BTW what item is this mark on???

 

[Gillam&Miller]

English Cartridge box

 

[Mike Serpa]

From Wikipedia -

S. Isaac, Campbell & Company in London started out as a boot manufacturer for the British military and later became one of the largest suppliers of arms and military wares to the Confederacy Confederacy during most of the American Civil War. Before the war the firm handled large contracts for the British military, but after a corruption scandal it lost its privilege of doing any sort of business with the British government. The company then turned to supplying British militia, and then to the desperate Confederacy, which quickly became their largest customer. Confederate business and purchases of arms in Britain was conducted mostly by Confederate Major Caleb Huse, and his associate Major James Bulloch who acted as chief purchasing agents and diplomats for the Confederacy. Ultimately, it was the Confederacy's enormous debt to Isaac, Campbell & Company that was the primary cause of the company's ruin.... more at link

S. Isaac, Campbell & Company - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[FDTaylor]

Has anyone ever seen a S. Isaac, Campbell & Co makers mark like this ? I would assume it would have come from a contractor of the company. Interesting part of it is that fact they misspelled Campbell View attachment 447686

Both the contractor name (Campbell) and the street name (Jermyn) are misspelled. My experience with this stamp, to include design, style, and font is that it is seen on reenactor/reproduction pieces. It is not consistent with the original stamps as shown in the book, The English Connection, or the Suppliers to the Confederacy series.

Regards,
Fred

Has anyone ever seen a S. Isaac, Campbell & Co makers mark like this ? I would assume it would have come from a contractor of the company. Interesting part of it is that fact they misspelled Campbell View attachment 447686

 

[Craig L Barry]

Campbell was a silent partner with the Isaacs. He was an attorney in London. The Isaacs sold a large number of those rejected accoutrement sets to other customers like the Volunteer units and of course the CS government/Southern states. You would think an actual maker's mark would be spelled correctly, but you see this with modern reproductions all the time. The fake maker's mark. The most egregious example is the elongated US style 72" sling for the reproduction P53s which is a complete fantasy piece. I remember pointing this out to a well known Civil War sutler and he responded "...but that's one of my best sellers."