Anyone care to hazard a guess on this one????

[Simon]

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[Surpmil]

I do believe that is the stripped remains of the No22 sight base for the 6 Pdr AT gun. Possibly used on other guns as well.

[Surpmil]

Belay that, I checked a photo of the 6 Pdr. mount.

it's probably for the No22 as nothing else I know of had that sort of diameter, but the application is a mystery. Might even be something naval being bronze.

[Thunderbox]

It looks too crude to a British naval mounting - even early Victorian items were well machined and finished.

It looks to me like a sight bracket from a Hotchkiss or similar light deck gun.

[Roger Payne]

......takes me back to some of the rather indeterminate items I've seen go through auction houses...........'a speculative item for the specialist collector'..........!!