Found meself a little cannon

[Bard Gauden]

Hi everyone.
Yesterday i found this little toy cannon. Total length is 64mm and inside diameter is about 4mm. Looks like it is made of copper. at the back there is a little hole for the fuse.
Anyone know how old this could be? Can it be valuable?

Even though this is found in Norway, i guess these things were made and was popular at the same times both in Europe and America.

-Bard Gauden

 

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[Silver Searcher]

Nice find...circa 18th century,Miniature cannons of this nature were sold to children as working replicas of their full size counterpart. Probably originally mounted on a wooden carriage. A small charge of black powder would be placed in the barrel followed by a small piece of wadding and a lead shot or stone.
They are very collectable, worth a few bob.

SS

 

[nsdq]

that is cool as all get up ,,,, now you have your self a hand canon happy hunting

 

[Erik in NJ]

I remember seeing a Civil War relic posted a few years back that was like a miniature cannon. My memory is quite fuzzy on this, but I seem to recall that it had some utility on the battle field. Perhaps someone here might know what I am referring to. CannonBallGuy? Anyone else?

 

[catch]

I beleive that you are referring to the litlle "signal" cannons that were used to make booms that werre interpreted by the soldiers. Kinda like civil war morse code i beleive....

 

[Erik in NJ]

Yes--thanks! Is it possible that this is one of those or something similar that was used in Europe?

I beleive that you are referring to the litlle "signal" cannons that were used to make booms that werre interpreted by the soldiers. Kinda like civil war morse code i beleive....

 

[Dihren]

Wow! I love that cannon! If I were you, I would have a chassis made for it!

 

[skeeterd]

Thats cool!

 

[Red James Cash]

It could also be a presentation piece given to a naval officer.The bigger the presentation piece the higher the naval officer ranking was.Usually they were mounted on wooden block carriages made from the wood the ship was built from.

 

[mick56]

How cool this would be!!!

 

[Red James Cash]

My brother picked up a 1pounder swivel deck gun a while back at an antique store,he built a naval gun carriage for it like the one pictured above.very nice.It does speak with authority

 

[Syrena Hunter]

Nice!

 

[truckinbutch]

My brother picked up a 1pounder swivel deck gun a while back at an antique store,he built a naval gun carriage for it like the one pictured above.very nice.It does speak with authority

Posted in jest : So , psychosis does run in 'famblys' Would love to see and hear that go bang

 

[Red James Cash]

Actually the one you would rather hear go bang is the 4 pounder that he built over the summer for the forth of july.five foot barrel 3 1/8 inch bore mounted on a homemade field gun carriage.I couldnt get there so i missed it.My car crapped out on me and i havent found a new one yet.He was using soup cans filled with cement for projectiles.He's making a round ball mold and to use to cast some lead balls.

 

[truckinbutch]

We may all meet up in a FEMA camp .

 

[Red James Cash]

We may all meet up in a FEMA camp

Hell at least we'll have good company

 

[BosnMate]

I love it, that's a great find.

 

[Iron Patch]

Being so common keeps the value down, but they are cool to find. I've always wanted to dig one, and about 4 or 5 years ago I did. It was a total random find along a creek and extremely unexpected because there was nothing else.