A small cannon barrel
This time not a noise maker but potentialy a handcannon barrel.
Although the auctioner has put it up as an XVIII century 'mascolo d'allegrezza' i have had a firm opinion that this is a XIV century gothic handgonne barrel. When i received it and held in my hand i realized that such slim and slightly octogonal barrel would not make the purpose of a signal bombard, with its 13,5 cms length and only 38 m/m width at mid section. The bore measures at muzzle 25 m/m (some 20 m/m at chamber).
.
|