Lot 2186 Small bronze signal cannon (mortar), Spanish colonial (1500s-1600s).
Small bronze signal cannon (mortar), Spanish colonial (1500s-1600s). 2235 grams. 3½" tall x 3" in diameter. Short, crude, flat-bottomed cannon used to send up signals or to test powder, multiple thick horizontal rings around a cylindrical shape and typically heavy with a small touch-hole near the bottom, dusty appearance of patination all over.
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