ANTIQUE UNUSUAL SMALL BOY’S TOY CANNON BARREL IN CAST PEWTER ~ ENGLISH c.1700’s
ANTIQUE UNUSUAL SMALL BOY’S TOY CANNON BARREL IN CAST PEWTER ~ ENGLISH c.1700’s
ANTIQUE UNUSUAL SMALL BOY’S TOY CANNON BARREL
IN CAST PEWTER ~ ENGLISH / CIRCA LATE 1700’s
This is a toy and cannot be fired
Pewter was first used around the
beginning of the Bronze Age in the Near East. The earliest piece of pewter
found is from an Egyptian tomb circa 1450 BC. In the 16th century a type of
pewter known as “lay” or “ley” metal, was used for items
that were not in contact with food or drink. It consisted of tin with 15% lead.
Older pewter pieces with higher lead content are heavier and tarnish faster;
and the oxidation gives these pewter artifacts from the late 17th and 18th
centuries a darker silver-gray color. By the early 1800’s changes in fashion
caused a decline in the use of pewter, but was revived in the late 1800s into
the 1st quarter of the 19th C.
Note that these small cannon
barrels are almost all made from cast Iron or Bronze as are the full-sized
cannons. They were sold as is, or also sold with a simple wooden cannon
carriage, with or without wheels. Many boys liked to fashion their own carriage
such as putting a groove in a piece of wood and securing the cannon mounts with
simple square nails or drilling holes and securing them with copper wire. This
is a very unusual Antique toy cannon barrel, fashioned after the full-sized
cannon barrels in general use for centuries, including the late 1700’s when
cannon warfare was the primary weapon of choice between calvary units and naval
ships worldwide. Toy cannons were very popular not only with men for celebrations
such as the new year, weddings, special occasions, et al. They were very
popular with older boys who were entrusted with containers of black powder that
would create very loud noises as well a huge cloud of black smoke. Young boys
would play with cannons such as this that mimicked those of older boys, and
even had the required touch hole necessary for igniting the powder. However,
this toy’s bore ends about a ½” ahead of the touch hole; thus, the touch hole
is intended for a realistic look, but will not allow this barrel to be used
with black powder. Later, a hole could be drilled to penetrate bore for actual
use as a noise maker; or, handed down to the next young boy as a non-firing
toy. 4 ¼” long x 1” wide at the rear, with a bore of 9/16”. This piece is
exceptionally heavy for its size at 9.7 ounces or 275 grams. English, circa
late 1770’s. The iron pivot pins do not go through the barrel but are sweated
onto the side with pewter. The dark grey naturally occurring aged patina has
the look of being untouched in 200+ years. This would be perfect for an office
paper weight, Folk Art Conversation piece, or made with a carriage as a toy or
firing cannon if another hole is drilled.
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