Next to decipher, is the mark near the touch-hole. A very appropriate artistic application.



It will have to be cleaned up, to see the actual image because it is crudely done. A clue is the fact that sulphur (brimstone), fire and smoke are associated with the cup above it, where the priming powder is received and the charge is touched-off to discharge a deadly missile.

Crude art work.


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