A BRONZE SIGNAL CANNON BARREL, multi-staged and with turned mouldings, both convex and concave, the chase cast with acanthus foliage in relief on a punched ground, the second reinforce with lion-head handles (one broken), the first reinforce with the Low German inscription in Gothic characters 'ick het bülin van efen tür ick frette pül fer ünde cicce für', the spirally fluted cascabel with turned compressed button (vent damaged), 16th Century

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A BRONZE SIGNAL CANNON BARREL, multi-staged and with turned mouldings, both convex and concave, the chase cast with acanthus foliage in relief on a punched ground, the second reinforce with lion-head handles (one broken), the first reinforce with the Low German inscription in Gothic characters 'ick het bülin van efen tür ick frette pül fer ünde cicce für', the spirally fluted cascabel with turned compressed button (vent damaged), 16th Century
24in. [E.102]

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The inscription reads in translation:
'my name is Bülin van Efentür
I eat powder and I spit fire'

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