Late 18th/early 19th century model of an engraved bronze Gribeauval mortar, mounted on its carriage with iron flanges and wooden crossbars; the flanges are engraved with a mortar on one side and a field gun on the other, and are signed on the top "JEAN MAIRE AÎNÉ" and "À PLOMBIÈRE"; mortar length 90 mm, caliber 37.5 mm, carriage length 155 mm.
Mid-19th century. Good condition
Model of a 19th-century naval cannon, bronze tube mounted on its swivel mount, with attachment rope; tube length 14.5 cm, caliber 14 mm, overall length 18 cm.
20th century. Good condition.
Beautiful model of a cannon tube, arsenal master piece or foundry model, in carved and waxed wood; 12-piece, Vallière system, based on the drawings in the ordinance of October 7, 1732, it weighed 3,200 pounds, equivalent to the weight of 266 cannonballs; the 12-piece cannon had 8 feet 3 inches (approx. 3.20 m) or 24 calibers of bore length; cannonball diameter 1 line 10 points.
The barrel is divided into seven equal parts: the first reinforcement represents two of these parts, the third part gives the length of the second reinforcement, which ends tangentially at the trunnions; the flight comprises the other four parts; the two lugs rest on the second reinforcement; the butt is sculpted with laurel leaves and feathers and, at the point, forms a bird's head. The arms of France, crowned on a background of arms trophies, are carved on the first reinforcement with the sun and the King's motto: "NEC PLURIBUS IMPAR"; the beginning of the flight is decorated with a frieze of flowers and, above it, the double: "L"; the flight bears the arms of Louis Auguste de Bourbon, Duc du Maine, Grand Master of Artillery and, above it, the motto: "ULTIMA. ORACIO REGUM" (ULTIMA RATIO REGUM); at the end, the name of the gun: "LE RÉVEIL"; at the muzzle, a frieze of flowers and lilies. The two trunnions and the dolphin-shaped handles are attached. Overall length 81 cm; breech diameter 97.5 mm; muzzle diameter 69 mm; trunnion diameter 26 mm; caliber 23.5 mm.
18th, 19th century. Good condition.
REFERENCE: Études sur le passé et l'avenir de l'artillerie, ouvrage continué sur le plan de l'Empereur, par FAVÉ, colonel d'artillerie, l'un de ses aides de camp; tome IV, page 80, planche 81; Paris, Librairie militaire 1863.
AN EDWARDIAN FOLD-OUT GAMES COMPENDIUM with chess etc (one pawn missing) and another compendium by R.Whitty of Liverpool containing a mixture of gaming pieces; chess, dominoes and draughts etc. Lacking board. 10 x 34 x 20cms Provenance: from the Private Collection of the Late 'Great' George Withers, Offered Without Reserve
A SMALL NAÏVE SCRATCH BUILT MODEL OF A CLIPPER in a glazed table-top case and an amateur built model of the ‘Danmark’, a three masted boat - with losses. 100 cms long
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