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17th1/Toy cannons and pistols

 
17thC working toy petronel (pistol)

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1640

The toy is based on the match-lock 'petronels' of the 16th and 17th Centuries

Possible blow out to the barrel due to overpacking of gun powder

 

19thC toy flintlock pistol

 

 

Working 18thC Toy cannons

A cast bronze toy cannon modelled to the same form as the guns used on war ships during this period. These toy guns were primed with powder and fired by children as way of amusement. Ref: Forsyth & Egan, Toys, Trifles & Trinkets. p.82. fig. 1.5.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tiny 18thC toy cannon