A PAIR OF FRENCH BRONZE SALUTING CANNON, DATED 1708 |

probably made for the then Swiss city of Badenweiler, Herrschaft, with tapering multi-stage barrels, with raised astragal mouldings, chiselled with the names 'Le Lion’ and 'La Lione' on a scroll on the respective chases, finely chiselled with the city's coat-of-arms, each on a later iron-clad wooden field carriage with iron-shod spoked cambered wheels

Acquired from Mallett, London.

The bronze cannon are in good condition with a nice waxed surface and with the cast coat of arms without much wear, one with small dents. The later iron-clad wooden field carriages are repainted and have small losses to red paint. Sold as a decorative object.
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