A Pair of Ships Cannon from the S. V. Jura, 1875, Built by Charles

These four pounder cannon, on their original carriages, were made for use on the Jura, a fine Clyde-built vessel that was assembled in the Charles Connell and Company yard, no. 96, Scotstoun, for the East India Company. She was launched on the 28th of August 1875 and a report the Glasgow Herald refers to her as ‘a handsome iron sailing ship of 1440 tons B. M., built to the highest class in Lloyds and the Liverpool registry’. She was named ‘Jura’ by the wife of Captain Russell, the commander of the vessel.

Estimate:£32,500

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