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floydianoise

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Little Cannon
« on: September 11, 2010, 05:34:47 pm »
So, I know nothing about this little cannon.  No makers marks.  Anyone seen one before?  Date?  Origin?  Value?

waywardangler

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Re: Little Cannon
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2010, 10:51:11 pm »
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.

floydianoise

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Re: Little Cannon
« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2010, 11:01:32 pm »
Interesting. When were those made?

waywardangler

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Re: Little Cannon
« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2010, 11:12:34 pm »
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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Re: Little Cannon
« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2010, 05:11:43 am »
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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Re: Little Cannon
« Reply #5 on: September 12, 2010, 05:20:29 am »
Heres an example.  Yours may be more for fun but hard to tell how it functions.

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Re: Little Cannon
« Reply #6 on: September 12, 2010, 06:46:02 am »
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.