 The location and date of manufacture were inscribed (in the example "Strasbourg, 1745") at the bottom of the gun, and finally the name and title of the founder (in the example "Fondu par Jean Maritz, Commissaire des Fontes").The breech was decorated with an animal face showing the rating of the gun (in the example the lion head for a 24-pounder).The guns had cascabel designs which allowed to easily recognize their rating