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Grandmaster Nicolas Cotoner-period Moyana
Grandmaster Nicolas Cotoner-period Moyana
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Grandmaster Nicolas Cotoner-period Moyana

Attributed to
Date1680
Classification(s)
Object TypeCannon; Naval Gun
Registration NumberMMM 004256
DescriptionThis gun fired a spherical iron ball of some 5 pounds. One of the most plainly decorated bronze guns in the maritime collection, this gun nevertheless features the distinctive cotton plant of the Cotoner family beneath the escutcheons of the Order and the Grandmaster.Material
Bronze
Place of Manufacture
Maltese
Dimensions42.4cm (trunnions) x 249cmPublished ReferencesThe Malta Times' 22 March 1889 p. 2; 'The Sunday Times of Malta' 27 January 1952 p.7
Alternate ID Numbers
  • HM Object Number 85905
  • Inventory Card 41158-9
  • Other 26525 (Palace Armoury card number); PA AT/013 (Palace Armoury Inventory number); 132 (British Inventory); 227 (Order of St. John Inventory)
Public Access
Not on view
Location
  •   Malta Maritime Museum, Reserve Collection
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