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Cutter from 6pdr. above in form of peacock.'''IMAGE'''
Bronze Gun 24pdr
Indian probably 18th century.
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These guns are at the [http://www.royalarmouries.org/visit-us/fort-nelson Royal Armouries Museum Fort Nelson] Fareham
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Indian gun6-6pdrpounder. Captured from the Sikhs during the Sutlej Campaign- [[1st Sikh War C.1840|Sutlej Campaign]] c1845. Field gun, British pattern- Horse Artillery. Acquired from the family of Sir Hugh Gough who finally defeated the Sikhs in the [[2nd Sikh War ]] 1849 at [[Battle of Gujerat 1849|Gujrat]]. Carriage decorated with 2 two figures of Sikhs, possibly representing Ranjit Singh himself.
Cutter from 6-pounder above in form of peacock. '''IMAGE''' Trail arm hook on limber ornamented with small brass figure representing Mahoutmahout. '''IMAGE'''
Punjab Mountain Battery. Model showing ‘swivel’ gun barrel on mule and officer and men drawn from various regiments.
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Bronze ‘swivel’ gun screwed together and mounted on carriage. Wheels bound in bronze.
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Bronze gun, 7pdr 7-pounder and carriage.
Indian. Late 18th century; carriage, Indian (?), 19th century
This piece is decorated with palmette ornament in relief and there are cartouches with inscriptions in North West northwest Indian script, now practically illegible. The gun is equipped with a pair of lifting rings at breech and muzzle and also dolphins; the base ring is stamped with the weight 11-0-3 and the cascable is numbered 7. Two small blocks form a fore sight and a rear sight.
Said to have been captured at Chillianwala but now thought to be Sutlej.
'''IMAGE''' Bronze Gun or Howitzer, 9pdr 9-pounder (PL.52)
Indian, Cossipore dated 1838.
The surface is decorated in relief with bands of conventialised foliage edging rings which, with the exception of the vent astragal, are flat. On the first reinforce in relief are the arms, with crest, supporters and motto, of the East India Company. The second reinforce bears a cartouche engraved with Persian verse inscription which reads ‘What : '''What a fine brass barrel with roaring muzzle. This muzzle is like that of a destructive lion. This splendid gift which Lord Auckland, Governor-in-Chief (governor Governor-General), brought to Hindustan which at the behest of friendship he ordered as a present for Maharajah Ranjit Singh. To date this majestic voice, men said ‘Show forth the day of victory’.’ victory''' The letters making up the last phase also form a chronogram giving date of manufacturing according to Christian reckoning 1838. Between the lines of verse are three words meaning ''‘Christian religious (era)183(8).’ '' The chase bears a representation of the Order of the Bright Star of the Punjab, a decoration instituted by Ranjit Singh towards the end of his reign. The decoration is shown attached to a ribbon, this being inscribed in Pujabi written in Persian script: '' ‘Noble great King of Kings! Maharajah Ranjit Singh Bahadur. In the year 1895.’ '' This date in the Vikram Samvat era is equivalent to 1838. The first reinforce ring is inscribed G HUTCHINSON, 1838. COSSIPORE. The second reinforce ring bears the number 11 on either side of which is also engraved in Persian script ''‘this piece of artillery was named Khorehnal’ '' ( devouring gun). There is a disport patch at the muzzle and a block on the cascable which is drilled for a central rear sight and stamped with the number 70. The weight 7-0-8 is stamped on the base ring.
L 3ft 9in ( 114.3 cm) 4ft 2 in (127cm) Cal 4.2in (10.7cm) wt 7cwt 8lb (359.2 kg).
Transferred from the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich 1968. This gun together with a similar one now in the Rotunda Museum Woolwich which may have formed part of another gift, is similar in form and decoration to the above but bears the name D PREGRAVE and is dated 1839 ( its companion at Woolwich is illustrated as fig, 85 in ‘plans of ordnance captured by the Army of the Sutledge during the campaign of 1845-46’. Drawn by Capt Ralph Smyth, Bengal Artillery.n.d)
Bronze Mortar
Found concealed in the Fort at Kurnaul, Madras Presidency, in 1838 together with 219qv. There is a similar mortar, also from Kurnaul, at the firepower Museum.
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Bronze Gun 24-pounder
Indian probably 18th century.
The muzzle trunnion ends and cascable button are formed as ‘tigers heads’. Two tigers stripes appear on the chase and the reinforce rings are edged with engrailed bands in relief. The gun is unfinished, the vent has never been drilled, a cartouche on the second reinforce intended for inscription is blank, and a lump of metal below the cascable button intended to provide a fixing for an elevating screw has never been pieced for the securing bolt.
Found with another in the fort of Kurnaul, Madras Presidency, about 1838 (1859 Inventory, 137, No 85). Other pieces of ordnance from the same source are in the Rotunda Museum Woolwich. They were originally found concealed in the Fort. From the Rotunda Catalogue 1864 it appears they were intended for the equipment of an insurrectionary force raised to drive the British out of India.
