Lot 2187 Small bronze signal cannon (mortar), Spanish colonial (1500s-1600s).
Small bronze signal cannon (mortar), Spanish colonial (1500s-1600s). 1816 grams. 2½" x 4". Taller and narrower than most, a flat-bottomed cannon with multiple thick horizontal rings around a cylindrical shape, used to send up signals or to test powder, with filled-in touch-hole, dusty patination all over.
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