Fort Pitt Museum, La Trompett-Downtown

Location:Fort Pitt Museum, Downtown

Type: Field 

Country of Manufacture: France

Time Period: U.S. Revolutionary War

Identifying Marks: 

On Barrel:

LA TROMPETT

Dolphin Handles

Crown and Floral Device

On Breech Band:

STRASBOURG*PAR*JEANBTE*DARTEIN*COMMISSRE*DES*FONTES*DE*LART*1762

On Left Trunnion:

P

677

On Right Trunnion:

No 15

*Note: This cannon was originally cast to fire a four pound projectile, but was re-bored during the U.S. Revolutionary War to fire a six pound projectile.

Fort Pitt Museum, La Trompett, Downtown-Breech Band 1

Fort Pitt Museum, La Trompett, Downtown-Breech Band 10

Fort Pitt Museum, La Trompett, Downtown-Breech Band 11

Fort Pitt Museum, La Trompett, Downtown-Breech Band 12

Fort Pitt Museum, La Trompett, Downtown-Breech Band 13

Fort Pitt Museum, La Trompett, Downtown-Breech Band 2

Fort Pitt Museum, La Trompett, Downtown-Breech Band 3

Fort Pitt Museum, La Trompett, Downtown-Breech Band 4

Fort Pitt Museum, La Trompett, Downtown-Breech Band 5

Fort Pitt Museum, La Trompett, Downtown-Breech Band 6

Fort Pitt Museum, La Trompett, Downtown-Breech Band 7

Fort Pitt Museum, La Trompett, Downtown-Breech Band 8

Fort Pitt Museum, La Trompett, Downtown-Breech Band 9

Fort Pitt Museum, La Trompett, Downtown-Breech Barrel

Fort Pitt Museum, La Trompett, Downtown-Dolphin Handle Detail

Fort Pitt Museum, La Trompett, Downtown-Dolphin Handles

Fort Pitt Museum, La Trompett, Downtown-La Trompett Banner 1, Barrel

Fort Pitt Museum, La Trompett, Downtown-La Trompett Banner 2, Barrel

Fort Pitt Museum, La Trompett, Downtown-Left Trunnion

Fort Pitt Museum, La Trompett, Downtown-Muzzle

Fort Pitt Museum, La Trompett, Downtown-Right Trunnion

Fort Pitt Museum, La Trompett, Downtown-Side