 Inscription on the right©Ships of Discovery"What I can see (somewhat easier if one knows what one is looking for) is the following: )R. GIL --- ---CIT.1761(. There is no other gunfounder's mark of this or other periods which fits the remaining letters. The visible parts of the gun confirm its pattern, period, nationality, and once more the fashion and location of the weight and trunnion mark. I am quite certain that the inscription was or is indeed: R.GILPIN FECIT.1761" —Rudi Roth
Mr. Smith verified that the first part of the inscription on the base ring gives the first initial and last name of the gunfounder who made the cannon: Richard Gilpin, a brass and shot founder of Stoney Street, Southwark, London, active from about 1751 to 1770.
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