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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 9557814, member: 54&quot;]This small cannon in a Texas museum has defied explanation for decades.&nbsp; I’m looking for someone who can connect the clues given by the engraved text and numbers to explain this object.&nbsp; Read what the author wrote but ignore what he’s invented like some date, 1850, he put in.&nbsp; I found no support for that date.&nbsp; FWIW I’ll try to put it in context based on what I know about cannons.&nbsp; My take is that it isn’t an actual weapon, though it may have been capable of firing salutes.&nbsp; The number on the barrel is 91 since engravings on cannons are “always” read looking from the rear.&nbsp; I’m thinking this is a trophy to commemorate something, or possibly a ceremonial saluting cannon.&nbsp; There is a sergeant major’s name mentioned.&nbsp; The name given to the item, as all cannons in France, Spain, , etc. were&nbsp; given proper names, is engraved near the muzzle, “St. J..,”. The text appears to be Spanish.</p><p><br /></p><p>So why was this made?&nbsp; When?&nbsp; Where?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~brasscannon/genealogy/brasscannon.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~brasscannon/genealogy/brasscannon.htm" rel="nofollow">http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~brasscannon/genealogy/brasscannon.htm</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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