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Gunner's sight and level
    • Setting:
      Room VI
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Date:
      16th cent.
    • Materials:
      gilt brass
    • Dimensions:
      height 130 mm
    • Inventory:
      670
    • Gunner's sight and level (Inv. 670)

Gunner's level consisting of two small slit brass bars placed vertically: between the bars slides a cursor with an index. The instrument, which had a plumb bob and a curved base, was used to aim guns by placing the base on the cannon breech. Provenance: Medici collections.