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Originally Posted by fernando
Portuguese ? maybe not; we made them, they made them ... you never know, if not marked. But certainly not a 'petriero', the Italian term for 'pedreiro', a term used for earlier guns that shot stone projectiles; sorry being a brainpicker  .
A curling iron ?  ; can you elaborate ? The shape is so similar (to my eyes) to that in picture #12 ...
Oh, i like several things in there; the cannons, the barrels, the shackles ... you name it.
Good question. Easier to identify if pictured in different angle/s. Maybe something in between ... like an haquebut barrel ...
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That 3 barreled item may be out of place.
A antique dealer friend bought a half dozen of those at the Brimfield flea market 2 years ago.
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ht=hand+cannon