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A RARE EARLY BRONZE SWIVEL OR SIGNAL CANNON. MOUNTED ON A SWIVEL ROWLOCK ON THE SHIPS RAIL. 29.75 INCHES LONG INCLUDING THE CASTER-BELL AND AROUND 25 KILO. TAPERING BARREL FORMED IN FIVE STAGES DIVIDED BY RAISED ASTRAGAL BANDS AND SWELLING AT THE MUZZLE, CAST WITH AN EXPANDED FLOWER HEAD BETWEEN A PAIR OF FRONDS ON THE FIRST REINFORCE, THE VENT ENCLOSED BY A SCROLLING MOULDING, GLOBOSE CASCABLE DRAWN-OUT TO A BUTTON, A PAIR OF PLAIN TRUNNIONS, AND IN GREEN PATINATED CONDITION THROUGHOUT