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US 100-POUNDER PARROTT SHELL

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 1,750.00 USD
US 100-POUNDER PARROTT SHELL
US 100-POUNDER PARROTT SHELL. Excavated. Rare Parrott variant. Fired by the Union artillery at Fort Sumter, South Carolina and fell way short missing its intending target. This was the most prolonged shelling of a fort in US history. Stamped on the side of the shell body is "PATENTED". Having a brass Parrott percussion fuse that unscrews but fuse is missing the anvil cap and interior workings. Short pattern Parrott shell with beautiful Type III brass Parrott sabot. Disarm hole in the base. Very exceptional specimen. CONDITION: Light rifling on brass sabot. Fuse does not screw all the way in. 4-55849 JM130 (1,000-1,750)