Awesome 19th Century Masonic
Firing Cannon
This is one of the nicest Masonic firing
cannons you'll ever see. This is an early heavy crystal cannon. It
weighs nearly a pound of lead crystal. The cannon is replete with
a multitude of intricately copper wheel engraved images: The crossed swords,
crossed keys, crossed quills, plumb, square and level, rough ashlar and
perfect ashlar, the gavel, the trowel, the Sun, Moon and Stars at night, the
Seven Steps representing the Seven Liberal Arts and Sciences, the eight
pointed star, the All-Seeing Eye, the Blazing Glory, the Royal Arch, the
Oriental Chair, the three Great Lights, the Pillars of Boaz and Jachin with
both the terrestrial and celestial spheres, the tetragrammaton and ineffable
name, the Altar of Masonry and the Lesser Lights, the grave and memento mori.
This is an early piece as evidenced by its weight, the presence of small
bubbles/inclusions, and its method of polishing/cutting.
