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This measures approximately 16″ in length.

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1-29-2025

12 responses to “#Whatsitwednesday”

  1. sk8trgrrl says:

    17th C. Pirates Hand Held Cannon. Brass Handle with Elephant Carved Skull Pommel.
    Note: I cheated!! Did a Google search! It’s a beautiful piece!

  2. Kovels says:

    This is a unique 17th-century pirates’ handheld cannon. It has a brass handle with a carved skull pommel. Seriously though, y’all should be taking a guess without using Google image search. It’s not difficult to figure it out when you do, and that’s a tad unfair to people who play fairly.

  3. Kovels says:

    It is 16″ in length and has been corrected.

  4. DOBIE66 says:

    I am thinking a Vintage Opium pipe

  5. mikebonk says:

    That is a Days Patent 17th century hand cannon, 16″ in length (not diameter.) The trigger folds down flat when not in use. Days produced a variety of designs on the pommel (the skull in this case) as well as cane guns…and who knows what else.

  6. Cldy2day says:

    Cane topper pistol

  7. Jewels28 says:

    Hand-held cannon

  8. hopalong02 says:

    IF IT IS 16″ IN DIAMETER, AND IT HAS A TRIGGER MECHANISM IT HAS TO BE SOME SORT OF CANNON GUN.

  9. Mzgti2u says:

    What an interesting looking item!
    It seems to have some sort of trigger mechanism?
    Maybe a funky gun of some sort?

  10. Keldy says:

    I suspect you mean 16″ in length, not diameter, because this looks like some kind of hand held canon.

  11. jvdl says:

    Smoking pipe or pistol, someone there has to learn the difference between length, width, diameter. 😁

  12. GeneMan1 says:

    16″ diameter at what point? Around the mouth, or the head/skull? Why can’t you just state the length?

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