Spanish Miquelet Lock Fowling Piece, Cadiz 1811

[dana_w]

Originally Posted by Fernando K

Hi, Dana

Maybe I'm totally wrong. The M is the first letter of the name (Manuel?) And last name, at first glance, seems to be LOVING (Amoroso). But on second glance, appears to be composed of two surnames, AMO and ROS-

One such AMO appears as sheriff of RR.FF (actual factories) (royal factories) in 1707:

Ramiro Larranaga "Synthesis Basque History of the Armory", page 197:

AMO, Jeronimo's - Sheriff of RR.FF, 1707

Affectionately. Fernando K

Thanks Fernando K. If only these weapons could talk. I'd love to know how it ended up in Florida and how long it has been here.

The only thing I know about Cadiz, is that they had some very high quality coal there in the Mid 1800s.