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Metadata
Title |
Six-pounder |
Object Number |
ML.2016.002 |
Object Type |
Cannon |
Artist/Creator |
Byers, James/Champlain Cannon Works of Adirondack Machine Corporation |
Date |
1777 |
Place of Origin |
United States of America, Philadelphia, PA/Glens Falls, NY |
Description |
Bronze, smoothbore six-pounder cast by James Byers in Philadelphia, Pa., 1777. Circular barrel, marked on the top with the letters "US" surrounded by a ribbon bearing a mostly obliterated Latin inscription and pierced by a vindicta (a rod symbolizing emancipation from tyranny) surmounted by a liberty cap. With reproduction oak carriage and boxes, made by Champlain Cannon Works of Adirondack Machine Corporation in Glens Falls, NY, ca. 1970s. |
Materials |
Bronze/Oak/Iron |
Dimensions |
123" l x 74" w x 53 5/8" h (overall) 59" l x 10" di (gun only) 116" l x 74" w x 53 5/8" h (carriage only) |
Credit Line |
On loan from the Society of the Cincinnati of the State of South Carolina |