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18th-19th Century Miniature Bronze Cannon on Wooden Wagon
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This miniature cannon is 9 1/2 inches long and 2 inches wide where side splints hold it onto the carriage. The gun has a 7/8-inch tip and a 1/2-inch knob at the non-firing end. There are markings along the shaft. The style of this cannon seems to be early to late 18th century.
The cannon itself is bronze, and the wooden carriage has bronze segmented wheels which roll. The carriage is 10 1/2 inches long. Its wood is 1/4-inch thick and appears to be some sort of hardwood. There are braces at the wheels and the wood has been hollowed to hold the cannon. The carriage is reinforced at intervals to hold the cannon: 2 inches, 5 1/2 inches, and 101/2 inches. The carriage has one side with nails starting to pull away, This may be due to the weight of the cannon on the wood. I believe that this is a toy cannon, a miniature of the real thing, for a child of that time. It was acquired from an estate with Revolutionary War ties. (For a historical note: "Cannon" comes from the Latin word for tube, or canna. The Chinese were the first to use cannons, or tubes, as contained courses for firing gunpowder, which they experimented with as early as 300 B.C. Cannons were first used for celebratory purposes. However, their potential for defensive purposes was discovered by inserting a stone or metal ball into the tube, which directed the subsequent projectile. The Japanese, influenced by their close cultural ties with the Chinese, invented a hand cannon. In the West, cannons were used in battles by the early 14th century. Miniature cannons were created as early as the 18th century.) 
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