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A FRENCH MODEL CANNON ON A TRUCK CARRIAGE
19th Century
With heavy brass barrel cast in relief, with moulded muzzle and a series of astragals and fillets augmented by raised bands of leaves at either end of the chase, the latter section also decorated with a profile head medallion, the first reinforce cast with a vacant shield and coronet over the spurious date '1563', flower-shaped cascable button, trunnions, and plain handles.
25in (63.5cm) barrel
Provenance
Theodore Offerman, 1926
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium

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