CANNON
A GROUP OF MINIATURE CANNON, comprising a bronze mortar in three stages, turned and moulded at the muzzle, and with plain trunnions, on painted brass-mounted wooden bed; a bronze cannon barrel in five stages with turned mouldings, bell-shaped muzzle, knob-shaped cascabel and plain trunnions, on painted stepped wooden bed; a smaller pair, similar; another, similar, of multi-stage form; a pair of carronades, each in three stages and on painted carriage of naval type with iron mounts and brass wheels; another cannon barrel, on stepped wooden carriage with brass wheels; and three base-metal cannon, each on carriage with spoked wheels, 19th Century and later

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A GROUP OF MINIATURE CANNON, comprising a bronze mortar in three stages, turned and moulded at the muzzle, and with plain trunnions, on painted brass-mounted wooden bed; a bronze cannon barrel in five stages with turned mouldings, bell-shaped muzzle, knob-shaped cascabel and plain trunnions, on painted stepped wooden bed; a smaller pair, similar; another, similar, of multi-stage form; a pair of carronades, each in three stages and on painted carriage of naval type with iron mounts and brass wheels; another cannon barrel, on stepped wooden carriage with brass wheels; and three base-metal cannon, each on carriage with spoked wheels, 19th Century and later
1 3/8in. to 5¼in. (11)

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