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Dutch bronze "six-pounder" cannon with Amsterdam proofmark, encrusted inside. From 1733 Fleet.

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Dutch bronze  six-pounder  cannon with Amsterdam proofmark, encrusted inside. From 1733 Fleet.
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Dutch bronze "six-pounder" cannon with Amsterdam proofmark, encrusted inside. About 90 lb, 28" long, 10" across trunnions, 5" across breech, 4" bore. A small but thick-walled piece known in Dutch as a "steenstuk" (stonepiece) and in Spanish as a "pedrero" and generally used to fire stone shot, with wide trunnions and bore, round cascabel with hole in side and hollow space at end for wooden tiller, sunken touch-hole in breech and bold (incuse) Amsterdam mark at first reinforce, the inside of the barrel coated with whitish coral, the outside remarkably well preserved for sea salvage (no pitting, only light patina), all in a very compact and useful size for display, an important and desirable item from one of the most famous Spanish wrecks. From the Populo site, with drawing and letter from the Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam) discussing the cannon and expressing the museum's interest in it.Recovered from: Spanish 1733 Fleet, Florida Keys

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