English: Lead alloy Toy. Cast toy cannon barrel, with a broad barrel which tapers from a cascabel at the wider end, past a pair of trunnions and three adjacent steps, to a very slightly flared muzzle. A slight mould line is visible viewed from the side. The material would not be suitable for a working gun and there is no touch hole as this would require. A round section object, probably of metal, is jammed into the mouth of the barrel, its flat surface being visible 4mm in. The barrel is dented, but the metal is unpatinated. This gun may well have been fitted to a separate carriage of wood or metal. It is probably modelled at about 54mm or 1:32 scale, a size at which toy soldiers were mass produced from the later 19^th century - William Britains, the most famous British maker, was established in 1893. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900.

Length: 63.6mm, Width (at trunnions): 16.9mm, Diameter: 10.9mm, Weight (probably with trapped soil): 24.11gms.