model; carronade

Production date
1780s
 Description
The detailed wooden model of a carronade made in the 1780s and presented to Lt-General Robert Melville.
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Department
Object
Production date
1780s
Signature & date
engraving:label:"Gift of the CARRON COMPANY to LIEUT GEN/ MELVILL. Inventor of the Smashers & lesser Car/ronades for solid, ship, shell & Carcass shot & c/ first used against French ships in 1779"
stamping:top:"WINLAW ENINR MAKER IN/ MARGARET STREET CAVENDISH SQUARE"
Associated date
1780s
Associated person
Associated place
Carron Iron Works/Stenhouse Rd/Stenhousemuir/Larbert area
Accession number
2000-026-001

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