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Description: | A post medieval cast copper alloy toy cannon. It is cast in one piece with a pronounced base ring and tapering breech. The cascabel is long and prominent, narrowing after the base ring and ending in a small, rounded knop terminal. The vent field, between the base ring and vent ring, is only as wide as the vent hole which is 2.0mm in diameter. The barrel is corroded. The trunnions project from either side of the first reinforcing ring and are square in cross-section and appear complete. The total width of the cannon across the trunnions is 15.5mm. Between the vent ring and the trunnions, the toy tapers from 5.8mm to 5.7mm in diameter. The chase (remainder of the barrel after the trunnions) continues to taper gradually to 5.2mm in diameter at the point where there is another reinforcing ring, it then expands to the muzzle.The muzzle is 6.7mm in diameter.The cannon is 39.1mm long and weighs 5.57g.Forsyth and Egan (2005:80-81) discuss toy cannons and suggest those that actually fired were very popular by the end of the 16th century but the majority show features that were developed in 17th - 18th century. This example is most similar to their Type 3 Design 1 (p.82, 1.5) although with a plain cascabel and without a raised ring at the trunnions. They suggest this type is from the late 17th to early 18th century.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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