Online Collection
Bronze 3 pounder gun, East India Company, 1815
Gun barrels made from bronze, an alloy of about 90 per cent copper and 10 per cent tin, were more expensive than iron, but also stronger. This artillery piece was cast between 1809 and 1821 while Major (later Major-General) JD Sherwood was Commissary of Stores at Fort William, Calcutta.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1993-11-81-1
Acknowledgement
Purchased with the generous assistance of the Society of Friends of the National Army Museum
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study Collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1993-11-81-1