Matching pair of French naval signal cannons on Bermuda cedar carriages
Made/Created
Time Period
Circa 1790
Dimensions
Dimension Description
Cannon
Length
103 cm
Dimension Description
Cannon Base
Diameter
48 cm
Dimension Description
Cannon Mouth
Diameter
38 cm
Dimension Description
Cedar Carriage
Width
31 cm
Length
72 cm
Dimension Description
Carriage Wheels
Diameter
19 cm
Material
Bronze, Bermuda Cedar, Wood
Location
* Untyped Location
Shipwreck Gallery
Condition
Overall Condition
Excellent
General Notes
Note Type
Historical Note
Note
According to English Antique Dealer R.J. Wigington of “Arbour Antiques” (where the cannons were purchased), this particular identical pair of cannons are from the same ship, originally mounted and utilized by a French Man-O-War. This pair were truly working cannons. Each bronze cannon weights 168 lbs. The original carriages have long since rotted and eroded away and have been replaced approximately three times. Painstakingly replicated by E&G Carpentry, the Bermuda cedar carriages are in exact detail to historical records provided; the cedar itself being extracted from an old Bermuda home well over two hundred years old. Every cast iron component (carriage bolts, ring bolts, under carriage brackets) have also been replaced, custom tooled in bronze or brass by hand to match the original cast iron fittings.
