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Iron breech block for large cannon.

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Iron breech block for large cannon.
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Iron breech block for large cannon. 11 lb 3 oz, 8½" tall and 3" in diameter. Heavy, mug-like object that was packed with powder and shot and placed into the breech of a cannon for firing, this example rusted and corroded but fundamentally intact. Found in a Spanish colonial area in the southern Caribbean, ca. 1590.