19TH CENTURY LOWER CANNON UPPER HALF WITH FLUTING

This 'gothic' styled half of a cannon has five rounded shallow flutes in a chevron pattern centred in the piece. A step flute features before each of the ends rolled edges which are small and well formed bleeding out to nothing on either side.

As with many rolled edges they wear particularly more quickly than other areas and have a small tear in both. The surface is aged with a very similar appearance of many original well kept armours but this item is most probably of the late 19th Century.

It has a pin on one side from its enclosing method and a rivet holding a small scrap of old leather on the inside of the other side. Inside is also painted in white an inventory number '828', as this piece once graced the American John Woodman Higgins Collection. An attractive display piece.

Its longest edge is 250mm , at the wrist it measures 86 mm internally across and 116 mm at the widest point across.

Code: 53258