Very small cannon, age/purpose?

CSinTX · 5th January 2017, 07:44 PM

Most likely a signal cannon or possibly a small model. The touch hole looks to be tiny considering the overall small size of the piece. The trunnions also look very thin. It may or may not have had a cascabel but it does look like maybe there is a hole in the base? Considering the size and heavily pitted condition, I wouldn't put much value on it.

corrado26 · 6th January 2017, 11:22 AM

The size of this relict of 275mm is about a fifth of an original sixpounder canon of this type made in the second half of the 18th century.
I think this is a model made by a gunfactory to demonstrate their constructions to different war ministries. In many European Museums you can find good, sometimes very great collections of such models as in the Arsenal Museum of Kopenhagen, the Military Museum of Rastatt Castle/Germany and the Bavarian Army Museum.
corrado26

5th January 2017, 07:44 PM	#1
CSinTX Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 235	Most likely a signal cannon or possibly a small model. The touch hole looks to be tiny considering the overall small size of the piece. The trunnions also look very thin. It may or may not have had a cascabel but it does look like maybe there is a hole in the base? Considering the size and heavily pitted condition, I wouldn't put much value on it.

6th January 2017, 11:22 AM	#2
corrado26 Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Black Forest, Germany Posts: 1,251	The size of this relict of 275mm is about a fifth of an original sixpounder canon of this type made in the second half of the 18th century. I think this is a model made by a gunfactory to demonstrate their constructions to different war ministries. In many European Museums you can find good, sometimes very great collections of such models as in the Arsenal Museum of Kopenhagen, the Military Museum of Rastatt Castle/Germany and the Bavarian Army Museum. corrado26