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Description: | Post Medieval lead toy cannon, measuring 53.7mm in length and weighing 9.9g. Casting flashes are just visible down two sides of the toy.
The cannon has a button and tapering cascabel with a base ring 9.7mm in diameter. Between this and the circular-sectioned trunnions is one reinforce ring. The width at the trunnions is 17.4mm. The chase narrows and is 22.5mm long to the flaring muzzle (8.3mm in diameter; internal 5.4mm), which is just behind the astragel.
Probably 18th century in date. | Subjects: | Cannon | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Hinds, Katie - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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