Model of a 30-Pounder Gun on Deck

Model of a 30-pound cannon on a wheeled carriage on a ship's section, with all its accessories. The barrel is made of wood and painted black, has a length of 63.4 cm and a caliber of 34 mm; the cascabel is flat at the back and has a trunnion eye. The wheeled carriage, narrower at the front than at the back, consists of two cheeks with four steps, connected by a sloping trunnion, a breastwork with breastplate, and the axle boxes, which are connected lengthwise by the sole plate. The double wooden wheels are all of the same size. The wedge block and wedge are found separately and added to the model, as well as the loading equipment consisting of a powder scoop, two wipers (one of wool, one of swine hair), a scraper, a brush, and a rammer. The deck on which the model stands is sloping, the ship's side has diagonal bracing, the port has a rectangular gunport.