The Portable Antiquities Scheme
POST MEDIEVAL CANNON
1700
Copper alloy miniature cannon. The cannon is 50mm in length and has an external mouth diameter of 9mm. The butt of the cannon has a small nozzle with a damaged central hole. Half way down the the cannon is a double band on either side of which is a short lug. There are two casting seams running the length of the cannon. Cannons such as these are often classed as childs toys, however many of them were working models.
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