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MID-18TH CENTURY
Details
An Austrian Bronze Cannon Barrel
Mid-18th Century
Multi-staged, with raised astragals and a pronounced moulding at the muzzle, finely cast and chased with rococo ornament in relief, mostly on a punched ground, and on the first reinforce with the crowned imperial double-headed eagle charged with the crowned Austrian Bindenschild, the lifting handles formed as lions in the round, the chase spirally fluted (some damage, vent altered, cascabel apparently missing)
42 in. (106.7 cm.)
Mid-18th Century
Multi-staged, with raised astragals and a pronounced moulding at the muzzle, finely cast and chased with rococo ornament in relief, mostly on a punched ground, and on the first reinforce with the crowned imperial double-headed eagle charged with the crowned Austrian Bindenschild, the lifting handles formed as lions in the round, the chase spirally fluted (some damage, vent altered, cascabel apparently missing)
42 in. (106.7 cm.)
Provenance
Rothschild inv. no. LR467.
Sale room notice
Please note that this lot was made for display and not for active use.