A cannon or a mortar ... old or very old

Matchlock · 13th August 2010, 09:25 PM

Hi 'Nando,

Another nice piece for your cannon collection!

I would date this littly cannon guy to the second half of the 15th century, the large touch hole addmittedly being the only criterion.

You know my opinion, amigo: please do not change anything about the surface as you say it's stable and not losing material.

I wouldn't even apply olive oil because this would blacken all the charming little places of brown and yellow discoloring that denote its great age as well as a certain period of time spent underground.

Originally this littly guy, too, may have been part of some multibarrel cannon construction of which I posted several samples before.

Congratulations and best wishes,
Miguel

13th August 2010, 09:25 PM	#2
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	Hi 'Nando, Another nice piece for your cannon collection! I would date this littly cannon guy to the second half of the 15th century, the large touch hole addmittedly being the only criterion. You know my opinion, amigo: please do not change anything about the surface as you say it's stable and not losing material. I wouldn't even apply olive oil because this would blacken all the charming little places of brown and yellow discoloring that denote its great age as well as a certain period of time spent underground. Originally this littly guy, too, may have been part of some multibarrel cannon construction of which I posted several samples before. Congratulations and best wishes, Miguel