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A 2¼IN. PATENT BREECHLOADING BRONZE CANNON BY THE R.H. BROWN & CO., CIRCA 1890
The smoothbore bronze barrel marked at breech MANFTD BY THE R.H. BROWN & CO./NEW HAVEN CT., off-center patent breech mechanism, iron hand-operated extractor, original wood carriage with generous traces of original paint, together with a case of Winchester Hotchkiss' patent brass shells housed in a wooden box containing loading tools, and a spirally fluted wood bore mop
37 inch (94 cm.) barrel (muzzle to cascabel not including firing pin)
2¼ inch (53 mm.) bore (3)
The smoothbore bronze barrel marked at breech MANFTD BY THE R.H. BROWN & CO./NEW HAVEN CT., off-center patent breech mechanism, iron hand-operated extractor, original wood carriage with generous traces of original paint, together with a case of Winchester Hotchkiss' patent brass shells housed in a wooden box containing loading tools, and a spirally fluted wood bore mop
37 inch (94 cm.) barrel (muzzle to cascabel not including firing pin)
2¼ inch (53 mm.) bore (3)
Provenance
A.D. Hodge, Dallas, Texas
Literature
Conger, Roger N., Texas Collector: Gaines de Graffenried, Texian Press, Waco, 1987, pages 120-122.