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Charles Henry Gilks is recorded between 1856 and 1879
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A FINE PAIR OF BRONZE SALUTING CANNON
BY C.H. GILKS & CO, TOWER HILL, LONDON, CIRCA 1860
Each of stepped tapering form and with moulded muzzle and plain cascable, retaining their original turned wood tampions: on their original varnished mahogany carriages of naval type with gun-metal mounts and solid wooden wheels, each retaining the original wooden elevating blocks, and signed on the breast on a circular gun-metal plaque, one barrel with London proof marks
27in. barrels, 1¾in. bore (2)
BY C.H. GILKS & CO, TOWER HILL, LONDON, CIRCA 1860
Each of stepped tapering form and with moulded muzzle and plain cascable, retaining their original turned wood tampions: on their original varnished mahogany carriages of naval type with gun-metal mounts and solid wooden wheels, each retaining the original wooden elevating blocks, and signed on the breast on a circular gun-metal plaque, one barrel with London proof marks
27in. barrels, 1¾in. bore (2)