with tapering sighted barrel formed in four stages, the muzzle formed as a stylised tiger’s head, cast with a band ahead of the breech, with integral pan on the right, standing back-sight, and a pierced lug beneath, fitted with a pair of trunnions, and retaining some early red painted finish, 85.4 cm barrel; 3.0 cm bore

Roy Elvis catalogue number J05

Provenance

Roy Elvis (1944 – 2022)

Light cannon of this type were used by Indian and Ottoman troops on fortresses and also mounted on camels and elephants. See Elgood 1995, p. 139.