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Description: | An incomplete post-Medieval to Modern cast copper-alloy "toy" cannon of probable eighteenth to nineteenth century date (c. 1750-c. 1850). The toy is described as if it were a functioning cannon.The cascable (or cascabel) and the cascable button has a length of about 9.1mm. The base ring diameter is 7.75mm. Between the base ring and the first astragal, the vent field has a length of c. 8mm and the circular vent itself has a diameter of 1.9mm. This vent is sometimes referred to as a 'touch-hole'. The incomplete trunnions divide the first and second reinforce from the chase where the cannon is incomplete due to an old break.The surviving section of the cannon is 30.9mm in length, 9.3mm in width, 7.75mm in diameter and weighs 5.7 grams.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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