GUN SPRING 2018
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/21/2018
GROUP OF 7 SCARCE AND FINE CIVIL WAR ARTILLERY PROJECTILES.1) 10" cannon ball with removable 1863 dated brass naval water cap fuse. 2) 100-pounder Parrott (6.4") projectile complete with brass sabot and brass Schenkl marked percussion fuse. 3) 8" mortar ball with discernible inspector marks stamped between fuse hole and tong and one tong slot, very unusual feature to see these balls so smooth to read inspector marks. 4) A rifled 12-pounder Confederate ring sabot Selma projectile with brass fuse, unfired, probably excavated at site of Georgia Armory at Milledgeville, Georgia where a small quantity were found. 5) 30-pounder flat-top Parrott bolt, unfired. 6) 6-pounder solid shot on orig wood sabot with iron straps, fine example with traces of orig paint. 7) 3-pounder Ketchum grenade complete with plunger but no fins. SIZE: CONDITION: 1) Iron patina smoother than normal with some scattered areas of pitting. Fuse markings crisp and discernible. 2) Heavily coated with polyurethane sealant, fuse markings crisp. 3) Iron patina and pitting. 4) Iron patina and pitting, brass sabot and fuse dark patina. 5) Iron patina under painted black body, brass sabot has medium mustard patina. 6) Very good and solid, solid and tight straps, several chips in wood base of sabot. 7) Iron patina, plunger not removable. 52863-8 JS (3,000-4,000)