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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 4292180, member: 54&quot;]This small bronze cannon was once in a museum, displayed as a trophy of war.&nbsp; The museum closed ca. 1920 and most of the contents were spread around by gift, inter-museum transfer, or sold to scrap dealers.&nbsp; The exact path this one took, we don’t know but it turned up in an auction about 5 years ago.&nbsp; The item is a Spanish swivel gun weighing 31 lbs.&nbsp; The enigmatic engraved figure(s) are on the breech.&nbsp; This type of post-manufacture engraved mark is often used to indicate ownership.&nbsp; The cannon has “museum numbers” which are close to those of a larger bronze cannon from the same museum that was involved in a battle for the conquest of California on Oct. 8, 1846.&nbsp; The larger cannon is “The Old Woman’s Gun” and is very well-known.&nbsp; It is or was in the US Naval Academy Museum, I have photos.&nbsp; Anyway, please see if you can decipher the marking.&nbsp; It is pretty clear to me that the left side contains letters “C” and “P.”, But then what?&nbsp; <a href="https://flic.kr/p/2mi1Jpt" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://flic.kr/p/2mi1Jpt" rel="nofollow">https://flic.kr/p/2mi1Jpt</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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