Scale model of a Gribeauval 12 pound cannon with limber, France, dated 1873.

Signed: FAIT PAR P. TREHARDY EBENISTE CAEN 1873

Made by Paul Trehardy of Caen, Normandy.

Overall length with limber: 145 cm.

Barrel length: 41.5 cm.

Bore : 14 mm

For similar models see the collections of:

Musée de l’Armée, Paris.

The Royal Armouries Museum, Fort Nelson.

Musée national de la Marine, Brest.

Musée de l’Empéri, Salon-de-Provence.

Literature:

Petits modèles d’artillerie Musée de l’armée, Michel Decker, Sylvie Leluc. Musée de l’Armée, Paris,1994.

Description de l’art de fabriquer les canons. Paris, De l’Imprimerie du Comité de Salut public. Gaspard Monge. Paris, 1794.

Lieutenant General Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval (1715 – 1789) was a French artillery officer and engineer who revolutionised the French artillery.