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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy "toy" cannon of probable eighteenth or nineteenth century date (AD 1700 - AD 1900. Length 77.2mm, maximum diameter 12.3mm. Weight 38.19g.The toy is described as if it were a functioning cannon:The cascabel (or cascable) which includes the cascabel button is about 11.0mm in length and has a maximum diameter of 12.3mm. The double ribbed button at the end of the cascabel has a diameter of 5.8mm. A pronounced base ring is 12.0mm in diameter. The vent field is 4.6mm in length with a maximum diameter of 11.0mm and the vent, sometimes referred to as the "touch-hole", is crudely counter-sunk and is 1.7mm - 2.8mm in diameter. In plan, the sides of the vent field are slightly concave in profile. An astragel dividing the first reinforce from the vent field is 2.0mm long and has a maximum diameter of 11.2mm. The reinforce is 8.0mm in length and 11.3mm in diameter. There is a second reinforce integral with each of the trunnions. The overall length of the trunnions is 22.0mm and each one is about 2.9mm in diameter. The chase, which is about 24.0mm in length, tapers from being 11.0mm in diameter adjacent to the trunnions to 7.8mm in diameter at the muzzle end. At the narrow end of the chase is a second astragel which has a length of 2.0mm and a diameter of 8.8mm. The flaring muzzle has a maximum diameter of 11.3mm. In plan, the sides of the field between the second astragel and the muzzle moulding are concave in profile. The bore at the muzzle end has a diameter of about 4.5mm.The toy cannon is in fair condition and is generally covered with a dark green patina. In places the patina has exfoliated to reveal the underlying metal, the surface colour of which is reddish crimson. Small areas are covered in powdery green copper alloy corrosion products.Miniature cannon such as this one may not have been toys for children but may have been used by adults.The terminology used in this description has been taken from Blackmore, H. L. 1976. 216. Blackmore, H. L. 1976. The Armouries of the Tower of London. Vol. 1, Ordnance, 216. London: HMSO.
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