What in the blue blazes is this?

[6milPhil]

Well okay I know it's a cannon, but it's a right old one. It's got a very high lead content, is at least forty years old likely more. It bears a "Made in England" mark (Hurrah!) and is a spring firing beauty with a range of over six foot. It's around three inches long and one high.

Here's a few photos of it;





I'd really like to know who made it, and how rare it might be, especially in it's unpainted state.

[Brummie]

Blimey that looks old, in fact it looks awfully similar to those ones pictured in H.G Wells Small Wars (or is it little wars? I can't remember) rule set.

And Six foot? God damn, my spring cannons could only fire over 3 at max! That thing would be the death of the cheap plastic platoon back in those days.

[6milPhil]

Well if what's I've picked up is true the range is no surprise... it was apparently made in Birmingham by Alfred Field & Co in Edmund Street... which I assume is Hockley way. Tying down a date will be harder though... unless you know otherwise.