EXTREMELY RARE CS 6-POUNDER BRONZE NOBLE BROTHERS & COMPANY SMOOTHBORE.

EXTREMELY RARE CS 6-POUNDER BRONZE NOBLE BROTHERS & COMPANY SMOOTHBORE. This is the only one of its kind in private hands that is available for purchase. Total length, 66-1/4” inches. Muzzle is 6-3/16” diameter. Having a threaded hole for the front sight, which is missing and a replaced vent. According to historian Wayne Stark, who created and maintains the National Register of Surviving Civil War Artillery, and is a member of the Company of Military Historians, Mr. Stark is a nationally-recognized authority on Civil War era cannon, and co-authored The Big Guns: Civil War Siege, Seacoast and Naval Cannon, with Edwin Olmstead and Spencer C. Tucker. All eight surviving Noble bronze guns were cast in 1862 and have a distinctive flattened knob and the weights of these eight known surviving guns vary from 835 to 920 pounds. Surviving records indicate that Noble Brothers of Rome Georgia cast about 20 of these bronze guns. Having a No. 1 field artillery carriage of recent vintage from Tom Bailey of Historical Ordnance Works in Woodstock, Georgia and is the highest quality reproduction available with intricate attention to detail; this is an exact copy of an orig carriage down to the worn-looking paint. Approximately 70% authentic Confederate iron was used on the carriage. Bore diameter is 3.69-3.71” (measured with digital calipers). Accompanied by a letter of provenance from Mr. Adamson in which he states it “was purchased in the late 1980’s from a gentleman past north of Richmond, Va. The cannon was mounted on a concrete stand marking his driveway.” CONDITION: Bore has light use and is in very fine condition. Bbl has no markings and is in very good to fine condition with scattered nicks and scratches on the bbl, which do not detract from the overall appeal of this fine example of Confederate manufacture. 4-56031 JM194 (150,000-250,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2005

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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	2051	$40,250.00	EXTREMELY RARE CS 6-POUNDER BRONZE NOBLE BROTHERS & COMPANY SMOOTHBORE. This is the only one of its kind in private hands that is available for purchase. Total length, 66-1/4” inches. Muzzle is 6-3/16” diameter. Having a threaded hole for the front sight, which is missing and a replaced vent. According to historian Wayne Stark, who created and maintains the National Register of Surviving Civil War Artillery, and is a member of the Company of Military Historians, Mr. Stark is a nationally-recognized authority on Civil War era cannon, and co-authored The Big Guns: Civil War Siege, Seacoast and Naval Cannon, with Edwin Olmstead and Spencer C. Tucker. All eight surviving Noble bronze guns were cast in 1862 and have a distinctive flattened knob and the weights of these eight known surviving guns vary from 835 to 920 pounds. Surviving records indicate that Noble Brothers of Rome Georgia cast about 20 of these bronze guns. Having a No. 1 field artillery carriage of recent vintage from Tom Bailey of Historical Ordnance Works in Woodstock, Georgia and is the highest quality reproduction available with intricate attention to detail; this is an exact copy of an orig carriage down to the worn-looking paint. Approximately 70% authentic Confederate iron was used on the carriage. Bore diameter is 3.69-3.71” (measured with digital calipers). Accompanied by a letter of provenance from Mr. Adamson in which he states it “was purchased in the late 1980’s from a gentleman past north of Richmond, Va. The cannon was mounted on a concrete stand marking his driveway.” CONDITION: Bore has light use and is in very fine condition. Bbl has no markings and is in very good to fine condition with scattered nicks and scratches on the bbl, which do not detract from the overall appeal of this fine example of Confederate manufacture. 4-56031 JM194 (150,000-250,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2005 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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