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

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