Sale 7468
London
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20 September 2007
Price realised
GBP 1,188
Estimate
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
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