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17TH CENTURY
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A FINE ITALIAN BRONZE MODEL CANNON
17TH CENTURY
With five stage barrel with cast and chased relief ornament throughout, the muzzle with turned mouldings bordering a band of running foliage, the chase with four putti masks, a figure of the Virgin Mary, a winged putti mask, two rosettes and a band of foliage, the second reinforce with trunnions set below the centre-line of the barrel and with the inscription ‘ANDREV / SERRA / CABO / M’ on scrolls above a motif, first reinforce with a Classical figure, a coat of arms with a coronet above, three further rosettes and a band with ball-shaped finials, the vent field with pierced vent in the form of a Demonic mask, four visible iron locating pins from the casting process, and three further putti masks, cushion-shaped cascable with button in the form of a Turk’s head, the muzzle moulding and base ring each respectively tapped for a front and rear sight, on iron-mounted elm field carriage, probably original, with decorative fluted rivet heads to the trunnion plates
Barrel: 22 5/8 in. (57.5 cm.); overall length 30 in. (76 cm.)
17TH CENTURY
With five stage barrel with cast and chased relief ornament throughout, the muzzle with turned mouldings bordering a band of running foliage, the chase with four putti masks, a figure of the Virgin Mary, a winged putti mask, two rosettes and a band of foliage, the second reinforce with trunnions set below the centre-line of the barrel and with the inscription ‘ANDREV / SERRA / CABO / M’ on scrolls above a motif, first reinforce with a Classical figure, a coat of arms with a coronet above, three further rosettes and a band with ball-shaped finials, the vent field with pierced vent in the form of a Demonic mask, four visible iron locating pins from the casting process, and three further putti masks, cushion-shaped cascable with button in the form of a Turk’s head, the muzzle moulding and base ring each respectively tapped for a front and rear sight, on iron-mounted elm field carriage, probably original, with decorative fluted rivet heads to the trunnion plates
Barrel: 22 5/8 in. (57.5 cm.); overall length 30 in. (76 cm.)
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Peter Horwood