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Small barrel barrel from the south *, originally mounted on a sundial, in chiseled bronze with floral and plant motifs, from the 18th century.
this barrel is in good condition, in its own juice. We only have the barrel of the whole (see last photo, Museum of Arts and Crafts for the complete system).
A note: some shocks and scratches, wear of time, see photos.
* A noon cannon or solar cannon is a cannon used to warn of the midday hour and to adjust personal watches at times when they were insufficiently regulated. It can be a real cannon assigned to this use, as in Nice where a cannon of this type and its daily detonation are part of the living environment of the inhabitants. For a use limited to a household, the principle of an autonomous triggering midi cannon was invented at the end of the 18th century by assembling on a plate a miniature cannon and a magnifying glass, a sundial being generally added. to adjust the position of the magnifying glass above the barrel. When the time comes, that is to say when the sun passes through the meridian, if the latter were strong enough, the concentration of its light sets fire to the small quantity of powder placed on the barrel.
