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TOY
Unique ID: PUBLIC-C59E0E
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy toy miniature canon of late Post-Medieval date (17th-19th century). These models were produced as complete working models of their larger counterparts.
Cast in one piece, this toy cannon comprises of a elongated bulbous cascable. The vent field has a concave profile with the vent hole having a large aperture. Three reinforce rings in relief are on the barrel which gently tapers from the vent towards the muzzle. The cannon is broken and the muzzle is missing, most likely due to an explosion. Two trunnions, which are round in section, project from a collar approximately midway along the original barrel length. These would have enabled the piece to be elevated and mounted onto a wooden wheeled carriage like that depicted in Bailey (1993), p.37, No. 12.
The total width of the canon across the trunnions is 20.26mm. The toy cannon is 54.67mm long and weighs 11.34g.
Notes:
Reference: Forsyth, H. and Egan, G. 2005. Toys, Trifles and Trinkets. Base Metal Miniatures from London 1200 to 1800. Unicorn Press, London.
Class: Cannon
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Exactly AD 1850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 54.67 mm
Width: 20.26 mm
Weight: 11.34 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: London (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Greater London Authority (Greater London Authority)
District: Southwark (London Borough)
Parish or ward: Rotherhithe (London Borough Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ3479
Four figure Latitude: 51.49407113
Four figure longitude: -0.07113608
1:25K map: TQ3479
1:10K map: TQ37NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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