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Lot 316
A Rare French Bronze FalconCirca 1520
27 July 2006, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge£6,000 - £8,000
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Circa 1520
Circa 1520
Of tapering section with raised stepped mouldings at the muzzle and breech, the latter (cracked and repaired) with owner's coat-of-arms within a garland, a crescent around the touch-hole, plain trunnions, and solid cascabel of circular section with ring moulding
130.3 cm. barrel, 4 cm. bore
130.3 cm. barrel, 4 cm. bore
Footnotes
A group of similar cannon are in the Musée de l'Armée, Paris. See H.L. Blackmore, The Armouries of the Tower of London, I Ordnance, 1976, p. 110, no. 127
The coat-of-arms appear to be those of D'Arpajon, Viscounts of Lautrec








