Gun, 4pdr

Bronze muzzleloading smoothbore 4-pdr gun mounted on a replica carriage. The gun is engraved: MOUNTIOY EARLE OF NEWPORT MR GENERALL OF THE ORDNANCE IOHN BROWNE MADETHIS PEECE 1640. Tudor rose crown CR (Charles I). Calibre: 3.2in. The Brownes were a famous family of gunfounders.

Object Details

ID: KTP0044
Collection: Weapons
Type: Gun
Display location: Display - Tudor and Stuart Seafarers Gallery
Creator: Browne, J
Date made: 1640
People: Blount, Mountjoy
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 600 mm x 1340 mm x 540 mm
Parts: Gun, 4pdr