PAIR OF AMERICAN WINCHESTER MODEL 98 SIGNALLING CANNON
EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Auction: Day One: 16 November 2022 | From 10:00
£1,890
Description
the breach loading proofed steel barrels stamped 'Winchester', each barrel with a gilt and oak decorative ramrod, mounted on cast iron undercarriages with cast W.R.A. Co./ TRADEMARK/ REGISTERED IN USA
Dimensions
48cm long, 21cm high, 17cm deep
Footnote
Note: The 10 gauge Winchester Model 98 breech loading signal cannon was designed and patented by Charles H. Griffith for the Winchester Repeating Arms Company in 1901. The cannon debuted for sale in the March 1903 Winchester Catalogue. The cannon was manufactured at Winchester's facility in New Haven, Connecticut until 1958.