10th Dec, 2008 10:00

Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria

 
Lot 327
 

327

**A BRASS CANNON IN 17TH CENTURY STYLE

**A BRASS CANNON IN 17TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY with multi-stage barrel cast with raised mouldings including a band of foliage behind the muzzle, the inscription 'OMM AND' above the Imperial Arms on the chase, a band of foliage issuant from a grotesque ahead of a pair of dolphin lifting-handles, drawn-out at the rear to a foliate moulding and globose cascabel; on its steel-clad wooden field carriage with iron-shod spoked wheels 78.8cm; 31in barrel 3cm; 1 1/8in bore

Sold for £1,440


 
**A BRASS CANNON IN 17TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY with multi-stage barrel cast with raised mouldings including a band of foliage behind the muzzle, the inscription 'OMM AND' above the Imperial Arms on the chase, a band of foliage issuant from a grotesque ahead of a pair of dolphin lifting-handles, drawn-out at the rear to a foliate moulding and globose cascabel; on its steel-clad wooden field carriage with iron-shod spoked wheels 78.8cm; 31in barrel 3cm; 1 1/8in bore