{"id":7191,"date":"2013-03-31T07:55:16","date_gmt":"2013-03-31T11:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrewbaseman.com\/blog\/?p=7191"},"modified":"2024-03-12T22:39:26","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T02:39:26","slug":"small-toy-cannon-c-1880-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=7191","title":{"rendered":"Small toy cannon, c.1880"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I hit the jackpot this past November while visiting friends in southern Vermont for the Thanksgiving holiday. On &#8220;Black Friday&#8221;, my dear friend Hilary and I ventured out to visit a few local antiques shops when I stumbled upon a set of three toy cannons, graduating in size, and each with a unique inventive repair.<\/p>\n<p>This little gem, the smallest of the three, measures 3-1\/2&#8243; long and is 1-1\/2&#8243; tall. The tiny cast brass barrel, with its lovely green patina, is set in to the simple, yet effective, replacement base carved from a small block of wood, and held in place by two metal loops.<\/p>\n<p>I particularly like the the three steps in the back and how the top of the wooden base was carved out in the exact shape of the cannon&#8217;s barrel so it would fit snugly in place. The dark greenish-brown painted surface remains mostly intact but shows some wear due, no doubt, to endless hours of battles played out in the safe confines of a patriotic young boy&#8217;s back yard. These toy cannons might have been manufactured in 1876, to help commemorate America&#8217;s centennial.<\/p>\n<p>I will be posting the other two cannons from the same lot in the coming months, so be on the lookout. And please take a look at another small&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=258\">toy cannon<\/a>, with a much cruder home-made repair, previously posted in these pages.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5457.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_5457\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5457.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5459.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_5459\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5459.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"315\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5460.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_5460\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5460.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"374\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5458.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_5458\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5458.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"282\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This toy cast iron ship\u2019s signal&nbsp;cannon from the early 1800s shows what the original base on my cannon might have looked like.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IRONCANNLFTSIDVW0271.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IRONCANNLFTSIDVW027\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IRONCANNLFTSIDVW0271.jpg\" width=\"399\" height=\"259\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/landandseacollection.com\/\">Land and Sea Collection<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hit the jackpot this past November while visiting friends in southern Vermont for the Thanksgiving holiday. On &#8220;Black Friday&#8221;, my dear friend Hilary and I ventured out to visit a few local antiques shops when I stumbled upon a set of three toy cannons, graduating in size, and each with a unique inventive repair. 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