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In a park near me is a brass muzzle-loading Cannon. It has the cipher for GR (Georgius Rex) on it. Around the base is an inscription.
All I can see is "W Bowen Fecit 1775"
I presume the name Bowen was the Foundry which made it. I checked the net and found a site for cannons in Historical Parks of Canada. They have a picture of a similar piece. Above the cipher for King George is a Latin Inscription, nearly illegible in my cannon, which translates "One out of three" The Canadian Site stated it was produced during the reign of George II, and the Latin inscription may have been a personal motto, or a motto of the Foundry which cast it. As the peice was cast between King George's War and the French and Indian War, I guess that makes sense.
Any cannon officianados out there who know anything about this Bowen Foundry??
All I can see is "W Bowen Fecit 1775"
I presume the name Bowen was the Foundry which made it. I checked the net and found a site for cannons in Historical Parks of Canada. They have a picture of a similar piece. Above the cipher for King George is a Latin Inscription, nearly illegible in my cannon, which translates "One out of three" The Canadian Site stated it was produced during the reign of George II, and the Latin inscription may have been a personal motto, or a motto of the Foundry which cast it. As the peice was cast between King George's War and the French and Indian War, I guess that makes sense.
Any cannon officianados out there who know anything about this Bowen Foundry??