Lot 97
  • 97

A Civil War dated Cannon Model with Limber, Hugh Devalin, Baltimore, 1861

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Bronze, Wood, Iron
Model 1841 6-pounder type cannon model of 3/4 inch bore, cast bronze barrel marked H. DEVALIN / BALT / 1861 between second and third reinforce, wood limber and casson, and other mountings of iron, painted green with black and red pin-striping

14 1/8 inch barrel from muzzle to cascabel



Hugh Devalin appears in many Baltimore records, but most notably in the catalogue of the Annual Exhibition of the Maryland Institute for the Promotion the Mechanic Arts, held in Baltimore, 1851. Samuel Colt also appeared at this exhibition.