Model of a Gun and Carriage, Model of a cannon on a gun on a ground board with a gun gate. The wooden barrel, 37.5 cm long and painted black, is of the mantle-type with five mantles that get thinner towards the mouth, the soul is not bored. The grape consists of two ears between which a ring revolves around an axis, through which a vertical bar protrudes: this is probably a schematic representation of the elever screw. The piece has a second set of thin taps on the highest decorative wire strap. The spout is fixed on the floorboard. It consists of two cheeks that extend far above the cannon and are connected by crossblowing at the bottom and brass crossbars at the top. Slots for the taps are cut in the cheeks, in which they can move vertically up and down. A second set of movable cheeks is placed on the outside of the first cheeks and has horizontal tapping slots, the taps hereby come to lie at the intersection of the two tapping slots, which may vary depending on the elevation of the guns. At the back, the outer cheeks have a set of slots for the thin taps that are attached to the cannon 's highest jewelery band. The result of this device is that the gun is delivered without changing the height of the trumpet: the barrel can be set higher and lower at the rear, while the trumpet remains at the same height. This made it possible to use a small, round artillery gate. The model does not give details of the movement of the carriage or horizontal aiming., anonymous, Netherlands (possibly), 1865 - 1870, wood (plant material), brass (alloy), h 23 cm × w 45.5 cm × d 22.5 cm

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