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Description: | A post medieval lead alloy toy cannon dated AD1636. This toy cannon is a muzzle-loader and has a cascabel button at the back, the base, vent and muzzle rings are cast in relief. There is a linear border above and below each of the rings. The chase tapers towards the muzzle, which then flares out with a relief muzzle ring. The vent hole is irregular and there appears to be two conjoined. The rearwards vent hole overlies the reinforce ring. The trunnions are of circular section and flare at the junction between the base of the trunnion and the chase. The upper surface of the cannon is decorated with cast motifs. The date 1636 is arranged with the "16" to the left of the vent hole and the "36" to the right. Above the second reinforce ring there is a shield containing three fleur de lys with a crown above. In front of the trunnions there is a laurel wreath with the initials I D with Q below, there are four pellets forming a cross between the "I" and the "D". There is some surface damage and the end of the muzzle is partially crushed.A toy cannon with almost identical decoration including the date 1636 and initials IDQ is illustrated in Forsyth & Egan (2005:81 fig. 18) that example was found in Amsterdam in 2002 and is now in a private collection. This is the first known example found in Britain.Dimensions: length: 55.26mm; width at trunnions: 17.50mm; diameter at the back: 9.70mm; diameter at the muzzle:6.09mm; weight: 23.54g.
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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