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This website is a showcase of a private collection of highend quality bronze, brass and wooden cannons, mortars and reproduction of ancient models in different scales and from different ages. Feel free to contact us if interested in purchasing any of them.
Heavy 24-pounder cannon, 1700 c.
King Felipe V Spanish 24 lbs bronze cannon.
Scale 1:15
Beautiful and rare model with a nicely aged patina.
A rare model representing a 1700 spanish 24 lbs bronze cannon, with King Felipe V coat fo arms on the barrell and an overall nicely aged patina, probably from the 1940s, in an estimated 1:15 scale.
Wheels and carriage made of wood with decorations in iron.
Heavy brass (most probably bronze) cannon barrel size is 22cm long. Mounted size approximately 35cm in length.
King Felipe V (19 December 1683 – 9 July 1746) was King of Spain from 1 November 1700 to 14 January 1724, and again from 6 September 1724 to his death in 1746. His total reign of 44 years is the longest in the history of the Spanish monarchy. Foundries for casting bronze cannon were formed at Seville since 1662 and Barcelona where five calibres of cannon (4, 8,12- 16 and 24-pdr) and two mortars (12-pouce and 14-pouce) were casted in bronze or iron. Although Iron was generally used being cheaper, Bronze was stronger and lasted longer at sea. Bronze also was easier to cast, could be re-cast, and could be easily embellished with decoration. Because of this last quality, along with their hefty price tag, bronze guns also served as status symbols.
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