POST MEDIEVAL TOY

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A complete cast copper allloy toy miniature canon of late Post-Medieval date (17th-19th century). These models were produced as complete working models of their larger counterparts.The toy cannon is comprised of a circular barrel which tapers in diameter from the bulbous knop (cascabel button) at one end, to the muzzle at the other. Both muzzle and breech ends of the cannon have double banded raised collars. Two trunnions, which are square in section, project from a collar midway along the barrel. These would have enabled the piece to be elevated and mounted onto a wooden wheeled carriage like that depicted in Bailey (1993), p.37, No. 12. The total width of the canon across the trunions is 16.5mm. the muzzle, which flares at the end has an internal diameter of 3.5mm. The toy cannon is 42.7mm long and weighs 7.78g.