Please help identify this cannon

[Decembrist]

Let me correct myself I'm not 100% positive this is a cannon. Picked it up today and after light cleaning letters came up on the side of it. Not sure what is it, all opinions much appreciated. thank you

Both plates stamped on the right side:

C.U. Mc. Caul
Lynn
Mass
July 4 1895

 

[Decembrist]

 

[bayonet]

Well it does say JULY 4 so in my "opinion" you should launch bottle rockets from it on the 4th of JULY!

 

[R. Porter]

Line throwing gun?

 

[Dan Kohli]

My guess is that it's a signal cannon.

 

[52ndFandS]

My guess is that it's a signal cannon.

Agreed

 

[Belfoured]

My guess is that it's a signal cannon.

I think you may be right. It also looks like an experiment in rust.

 

[R. Porter]

Some line throwing cannons.

Lot - BRONZE 'LYLE' TYPE LINE THROWING CANNON W/ ACCESSORIES

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Sculler Line Throwing Cannon | Proxibid

Bid in a Proxibid online auction to acquire a Sculler Line Throwing Cannon from John M. Hess Auction Service, Inc..

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Lot - LYLE TYPE LINE THROWING CANNON, Sculler Safety

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[Western Reserve Volunteer]

I'm almost certain that this is a signal cannon… it's "LYNN", not "LYLE" on the markings there, and the July 4, 1896 would have been the 120th anniversary of the United States and also coincided with the World's Fair in Chicago… all the more reason to buy oneself a new signal cannon. The markings indicate it's 1 pdr caliber…