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Mexican Colonial Period Bronze Canon
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Pre 1900 item# 683222 (stock# TEH.119)
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HD ENTERPRISES, INC.
303-695-1301
$1200.00
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This 12 5/8” long, 8 ½ pound cast bronze canon (TEH119) was purchased in Morelia, Mexico in 1960 by the late Chester Howard, adventurer, collector, and founder of the Colorado Mineral Society in 1936. Believed to date back into the early 19th century colonial period, the canon has no markings and except for its bent ball handle, is in excellent condition. Obviously too small to have been effective as a fearsome weapon, it was most likely used to issue a salute or a warning. The canon would make ...click for details
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TWELVE INK BOTTLES FROM FT. MCcPHERSON, NEBRASKA
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Pre 1900 item# 424017 (stock# BTL.INK.A)
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303-695-1301
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Each of the glass and crock ink and mucilage bottles in this group (SXP6, SXP9, SXP12, SXP13, SXP14, SXP195, SXP198, SXP199, SXP201, SXP202) was dug at the site of Ft. McPherson, Nebraska. Established in 1863 where an important Indian trail crossed the South Platte River, it was first called Cottonwood Post, but took its final name in 1866 in honor of Brig. Gen. James B. McPherson, killed near Atlanta in 1864. Located a couple of miles west of Cottonwood Springs and some eight miles above the ju ...click for details
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