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Antiques! => Antique Questions Forum => Topic started by: floydianoise on September 11, 2010, 05:34:47 PM
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So, I know nothing about this little cannon. No makers marks. Anyone seen one before? Date? Origin? Value?
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Some small cannons like this were made to fire blackpowder charges. I am not sure if this is one of them. The "ears" on the base look like they are meant to be screwed to a block of wood.
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Interesting. When were those made?
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They have been made for years and some models are still made. Here is a site that is nuts about cannons ...http://www.cannon-mania.com/beware.htm
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Neat item there are also burglar alarms and even traps that are set up in a similar fashion, is there a hole at the top of the handle for attaching a cord or tripwire?
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Heres an example. Yours may be more for fun but hard to tell how it functions.
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They also produced toy cannons that fired wooden balls , marbles, rubber balls along with the black powderpowder charges as wayward mentioned. With no markings measurements & positive verification if it was mounted to wood ,spring loaded and such are a must to help identify this piece. hopefully the site waywards offered can give you some answers.