Another cannon ... this time a noise maker

[fernando]

Well, it would be a natural evolution if, for the purpose of signaling, the artillery cannon was replaced by the specific signal mortar at a later stage ... XVII-XVIII century ?
Fernando

[celtan]

Hi Nando,

I don't see why you inherently preclude its use as a military weapon. Soldiers sometimes even made diagonal holes in the ground, filled them with BP and a stone, or other projectile, and fired them in large numbers in the general direction of the enemy...

Saludos

Manolo

Originally Posted by fernando

Well, it would be a natural evolution if, for the purpose of signaling, the artillery cannon was replaced by the specific signal mortar at a later stage ... XVII-XVIII century ?
Fernando

[Matchlock]

Hi Fernando,

I, just like you, should date this barrel to roughly the 18th century. As most noise makers were made of wrought iron I think Manolo may be right and it may have been originally part of a mortar fixed to a heavy base plate and designed to fire in a 45 degree angle or so.

Anyway, I like it very much!

Saludos,

Michael

[fernando]

Thank you Michael

Originally Posted by Matchlock

... I, just like you, should date this barrel to roughly the 18th century. As most noise makers were made of wrought iron I think Manolo may be right and it may have been originally part of a mortar fixed to a heavy base plate and designed to fire in a 45 degree angle or so.
Anyway, I like it very much! ...

I like that you like it; it's a good sign .
I will then register it in my collection directory as a XVII-XVIII century item ... to be nice to myself .

Grüße.
Fernando

[Matchlock]

Hi Fernando,

Please see Cornelis' latest post:

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ed=1#post85809

for these and many more!

Thanks again, Cornelis!

I do not trust the stocks and some compositions though, to me they seem to be modern restorations.

Michael

[fernando]

Thanks for the hint, Michael.
I'll meet you there.
Fernando

[fernando]

Originally Posted by celtan

Hi Nando,

I don't see why you inherently preclude its use as a military weapon...

No, i don't ; discoverers and military, were a symbiosis... right?
It is to deprehend that, signaling with actual cannons was an inadequate procedure; soon the need for something more practical gave place to these portable noise makers.

Originally Posted by celtan

...Soldiers sometimes even made diagonal holes in the ground, filled them with BP and a stone, or other projectile, and fired them in large numbers in the general direction of the enemy...

Fantastic; any method is good for making war .

Fernando