Thanks for the compliment, Matt. I made these cannons working from some antique naval architect's blueprints for the actual cannon, but modified them to suit th eclient's requirements. I did not make any blueprints of the replicas, sorry. You can do a search online, as I did, and possibly locate some reproductions of old naval blueprints as I did and scale them down yourself.

Thank you for that question, I consider it a testament to my success at faux painting. The barrel is turned wood, not iron. I did not want the liability of anyone ever trying to fire the pieces, so the barrels are wood and the bore only extends about 3" deep.

While the customer is fairly well off, I don't think he'd have been willing to foot the bill for me to cast or turn iron or bronze barrels for four cannon that are really nothing more than set pieces for a fake pirate ship that is, in the final analysis, a seagoing playhouse for his two daughters. In any event, I wouldn't make an operable field piece for children, no matter the price.

Thank you, dong wan! That means a lot to me, coming from you.

Rich

I am trying to find pictures or sketch of a type of pirate cannon that uses straps to hold down barrel. By that I mean the barrel I have does not have the center pin to hold it to the base. The guy who built it said it was modeled after a pirate cannon that was actually strapped down to the base and had an adjustment screw at back to adjust elevation. I have not been able to find any info on this type of mount. He did a great job turning this brass barrel and it will shoot but I need to make a scale base for it to fit in to complete the look.
Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Dave