Lot 86
86
LONGARMS VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A RARE IRON HAND CANNON, in excavated condition, of octagonal section swelling at the muzzle and breech, with open countersunk touch-hole on the upper side of the breech, and a hook on the lower side towards the muzzle, at the back a long extension of rectangular section with mushroom-shaped finial, probably 15th Century

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A RARE IRON HAND CANNON, in excavated condition, of octagonal section swelling at the muzzle and breech, with open countersunk touch-hole on the upper side of the breech, and a hook on the lower side towards the muzzle, at the back a long extension of rectangular section with mushroom-shaped finial, probably 15th Century
39½in.

Lot Essay

Cf. the hand cannon found at Vedelspang, S. Schelswig, now in the Tøjhusmuseet, Copenhagen, illustrated in Howard L. Blackmore, Guns and Rifles of the World, plate 42, and Claude Blair, European & American Arms, plate 246

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