Item Description
Original Item: One-of-a-kind. This is truly romantic! It is not very large but packs a dreadful punch with a 1 1/2" bore and a barrel measuring just 18 3/4" in length, it stands just 15" tall when barrel is horizontal and 18" tall with barrel fully elevated. At only 18 lbs in weight, this is ideal for an office desk.
This fine, bronze swivel gun (cannon) is unmarked, but it is mid-18th century in form and almost certainly of Spanish Colonial origin, based on comparable examples known from Spanish New World archaeological sites. The yoke-shaped, swivel mount of heavy brass is quality production more modern than the cannon, as is the turned wooden stanchion base. There is a turned oak plug of some age inserted in the socket-shaped cascabel at the breech of the gun, in lieu of a longer wooden tiller or aiming arm that would have been more commonly used during the period. Such small cannon were commonly mounted in the fighting tops or on the quarterdeck and forescastle rails of ships, principally as anti-personnel weapons, as well as mounted on frontier fort walls and in blockhouses.
Specifications:
Year of Manufacture: circa 1750
Caliber: 1 1/2 inches
Ammunition Type: Lead Ball & Powder
Barrel Length: 18 3/4 inches
Ignition: Touch Hole
Feed System: Muzzle-Loaded
NOTE: International orders of antique firearms MUST be shipped using UPS WW Services (courier). USPS Priority Mail international will not accept these.
- This product is available for international shipping.
IMA considers all of our antique guns as non-firing, inoperable and/or inert. Title 18, U.S. Code, Section 921(a)(16) defines antique firearms as all guns made prior to 1899. This law exempts antique firearms from any form of gun control or special engineering because they are not legally considered firearms. No FFL, C&R or any license is required to posses, transport, sell or trade Antique guns. All rifles and muskets sold by IMA that were manufactured prior to 1899 are considered Antiques by the US BATF (United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms). Therefore, all of IMA's Antique guns may be shipped to all US States and most nations around the world.
These antique guns are not sold in live condition. They are sold as collector’s items or as wall hangers. Any attempt at restoring an antique gun to be operational is strongly discouraged and is done so at the risk of the customer. By purchasing an antique gun from IMA you thereby release IMA, its employees and corporate officers from any and all liability associated with use of our Antique guns.
Pre-1899 Manufacture, no licenses required, allowed to ship to almost any deliverable address across the globe. Please note that for international shipping, these MUST be shipped using UPS WW Services.
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