!!!!!SOLD!!!!! Antique 1/12 Scale Mexican Muzzle Loading Cannon Dated 1872 Made In The Mexican Government Arsenal !!!!!SOLD!!!!!

!!!!!SOLD!!!!!  This is an antique 1/12 scale (approx.) muzzle loading cannon with rifled bore made in the Mexican government Arsenal in Chapultepec, Mexico in 1872 & so marked.  13 1/2″ long overall with an 8″ round German silver rifled barrel of .612 caliber.  The barrel tapers toward the muzzle ending in a swelled ring with a projecting front sight.  There are grooves & notches on the top  & right side of the rear of the barrel where the gunner’s quadrant or rear sight would be attached, which would have been removed when actually firing.  The top of the barrel heavily stamped “LOS ESTABLEGIMIENTOS, DE, CONSTRUCCION MILITAR, EN MEXICO, AL MUSEO ESPANOL”, then a liberty cap surrounded by rays, then “R. N.” just forward of the touch hole, then “CHAPULTEPEC 1872”.  This translates to “Military Construction Establishments in Mexico at the Spanish Museum Chapultepec”.  The right end of the trunion stamped “PESO”, which translates to weight.  The left trunion end stamped CANON RAYADO DE 7 CENTS”, which translates to striped canon of 7 cents.  Chapultepec was a castle stormed by the American Army in 1847 during the war with Mexico, and was later turned into a museum.  This miniature was either made by the Mexican Government Arsenal for the Chapultepec Castle Museum, or made by a Mexican Arsenal inside the museum in  1872.  The carriage is tin plated iron or steel.  The center part of the axle is a square shaped piece wood with a tin plated reinforcement which extends to the bottom of the tapered axle shafts on each side.  The top of the axle shafts are attached to the end of the wood center.  Wood wheels with iron rims & steel reinforcing rings on the outer edges of the hubs.  There is a functional screw elevator for the barrel.  This exact piece pictured in the book The Art of Miniature Firearms Centuries of Craftsmanship on pages 284 – 285, & in Arthur Brown’s book Miniatures Guns of Mexico on pages 313 – 314.  Excellent condition overall, especially considering it’s over 150 years old!  This should properly be displayed in that museum!  Stock # MC-65.  !!!!!SOLD!!!!!