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Grandmaster Alof de Wignacourt-period Sagre or Half Culverin
Grandmaster Alof de Wignacourt-period Sagre or Half Culverin
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Grandmaster Alof de Wignacourt-period Sagre or Half Culverin

Manufacturer Bastiano Vos
Attributed to G. Savolhan
Date1601-1622
Period17th century
Classification(s)
Object TypeCannon; Naval Gun
Registration NumberMMM 004251
DescriptionThis gun has a substantially long barrel for its modest weight of shot, which would have been around 8 pounds. Later guns of a similar calibre became progressively shorter.
Material
Bronze
Place of Manufacture
Maltese
Dimensions46.7cm (trunnions) x 352cmPublished ReferencesThe Malta Times' 22 March 1889 p. 2; 'The Sunday Times of Malta' 27 January 1952 p.7
Alternate ID Numbers
  • Inventory Card: 41156-7
  • Other: 26505 (Palace Armoury card number); PA AT/003 (Palace Armoury Inventory number); 129 (British Inventory); 229 (Order of St. John Inventory)
  • HM Object Number: 85901
Online Collections
Public Access
On view
Location
  •   Malta Maritime Museum, Ground Floor