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Ornate Spanish bronze cannon with crest of Charles IV and dated 1791.

Currency:USD Category:Artifacts / Non-wreck Start Price:10,000.00 USD Estimated At:10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD
Ornate Spanish bronze cannon with crest of Charles IV and dated 1791.
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Ornate Spanish bronze cannon with crest of Charles IV and dated 1791. 122 lb, 31" long, up to 6" in diameter, 3" bore, 2" trunnions and 2" cascabel. A choice cannon with crowned monogram of the king between trunnions and breech, illegible number and BARCELONA 5 DE FEBRERO DE 1791 engraved on the ring between cascabel and breech, and COBRE DE AMERICA engraved at the flat end of one trunnion, also with the cannon's "name" NIVEROLA ("snowy bullfinch") in ribbon between trunnions and muzzle, coated all over with thick white encrustation interspersed with colorful patina, hence uncleaned but in excellent condition, a premium piece in its time and of significant appeal to collectors now. From an unspecified Charles IV-era (1790-1808) Spanish wreck in the Western Hemisphere.


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