Thomas Del Mar - Arms & Armour

466
A QUANTITY OF APPROXIMATELY FIFTY PRINTS
CONCERNING BRITISH FIREARMS PATENTS OF THE 18TH
AND 19TH CENTURIES, 20TH CENTURY
and Henry Alken: British Sports, published by Thomas
McLean, 1821, reprinted 1970 by Kingsmead
(qty)
£500-700
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467
467
A 4 PDR IRON CARRONADE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
with multi-stage barrel of characteristic form, moulded at
the muzzle, cast with a crown and the number ‘6’ over the
first reinforce, a pair of plain trunnions, and the cascabel
with a breeching loop at the top: on a later stepped
wooden carriage (rusted overall, now painted black, the
carriage damaged)
116cm; 45N in barrel
9.5cm; 3N in bore
£2000-2500