10th Dec, 2008 10:00
Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria
314
**A BRONZE SALUTING CANNON
**A BRONZE SALUTING CANNON, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
with tapering multi-stage barrel with raised mouldings, swelling slightly at the muzzle, plain vent-field with a square moulding around the vent, moulded cascabel drawn-out to a cone-shape, a pair of plain trunnions and a pair of dolphin lifting-handles: on an early steel-clad wooden field carriage fitted with a pair of steel-shod spoked wheels (cap squares missing)
70.5cm; 27 3/4in barrel
3cm; 1 1/4in bore
No Reserve
Sold for £5,000
**A BRONZE SALUTING CANNON, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
with tapering multi-stage barrel with raised mouldings, swelling slightly at the muzzle, plain vent-field with a square moulding around the vent, moulded cascabel drawn-out to a cone-shape, a pair of plain trunnions and a pair of dolphin lifting-handles: on an early steel-clad wooden field carriage fitted with a pair of steel-shod spoked wheels (cap squares missing)
70.5cm; 27 3/4in barrel
3cm; 1 1/4in bore
Auction: Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 10th Dec, 2008
