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Description: | A complete copper alloy 'toy' cannon, of Post Medieval to Modern dating (18th to 19th Centuries AD).The toy is described as if it was a functioning cannon: The cascable (or cascabel) and the cascabel button has a length of about 10.1 mm. The base ring diameter is 10.44 mm. Between the base ring and the first astragal, the vent field has a length of c. 4.4 mm and the circular vent itself has a diameter of 2.60 mm. This vent is sometimes referred to as a 'touch-hole'. The trunnions (length: 15.6 mm) are positioned on the first reinforce ring. The trunnions are set about mid-way down the side of the barrel. They are circular in cross-section and have a diameter of c. 3.58 mm. The trunnions sat in the top of the cheeks of the gun carriage and enabled the piece to be elevated. The muzzle astragal has a diameter of 10.40, with an internal diameter of 5.18 mm. The barrel is 51.73 mm deep.Overall the toy cannon measures 62.33 mm in length, 15.75 mm wide and 10.74 mm thick. It weighs 19.3 g.The toy cannon is a mid brown colour. The surface of the cannon has been varnished, which is now beginning to flake away from the surface.The cannon is probably a working model and miniature cannon such as this example may not have been toys for children but may have been used by adults.The terminology used in this description has been taken from both Blackmore 1976, page 216 and the glossary available at: http://www.history.navy.mil/cannons/cannons55.html.Reference:Blackmore, H. L. 1976. The Armouries of the Tower of London. Vol. 1, Ordnance, 216. London: HMSO.
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