Starting to dig into history of Fowler Bicycles. A lot of information to sort through. I don't have Fowler catalogs so thought would try the serial number approach to narrow down year of your Fowler. Not exactly sure yet on serial number ranges for each year but this is a start. Anyone with additional information please comment or if you have a Fowler bicycle please post some photos and serial number to add to the list. Have only made it up to 1897 so need to keep looking. Total production numbers for 1894, 1896, 1897 and 1899 came from period references.
My conclusion is your Fowler (SN 14461) is most likely a 1896 since SN 15355 was specifically listed as a 1896 model.
Jeff
1893-1902 +/- Fowler Bicycle Serial Numbers (as of 07/19/2021)
Years shown in bold below are the specified model year in that reference. Italicized model years are a best guess.
1893 Fowler (1000? made) SN 0-1000
1894 Fowler (2,500 made) SN 1000-3500
2950 1894 Stolen 06/23/1894
1895 Fowler (4,500? made) SN 3500-8000
4092 1895 Stolen 03/23/1895
4512 1895 Stolen 03/23/1895
5157 1895 Stolen 01/08/1897 (Black)
6424 1895 Stolen 07/1896
7020 1895 Stolen 09/21/1895 (26”, maroon frame, green rims)
1896 Fowler (30,000 made) SN 8000-38000
8011 1896 Stolen 12/22/1897
8678 1896 Stolen 07/1896
9607 1896 Stolen 04/19/1897 (Nickel plated)
12095 1896 Stolen 05/06/1898
13069 1896 Stolen 03/18/1898
14215 1896 Stolen 07/1896
14461 1896 CABE Lester 07/2021
15355 1896 Stolen 05/14/1897 (Truss frame, 24”, maroon )
15748 1896 Stolen 07/1896
17027 1896 Stolen 01/22/1897 (Truss frame, maroon)
17392 1896 Stolen 06/09/1896 (C)
19863 1896 Stolen 07/1896
20694 1896 Stolen 09/26/1896 (Green frame)
22951 1896 Stolen 09/19/1896
27073 1896 Stolen 06/13/1897
29951 1896 Stolen 09/16/1896
1897 Fowler (27,000 made) SN 38000-55000
51751 1897 Stolen 05/19/1899
52540 1897 Stolen 10/14/1897
53175 1897 Stolen 11/21/1897 (Black 22” frame)
1898 Fowler (? made) SN 55000-?
1899 Fowler (5000 estimated made)
1900 Fowler (? made)
1901 Fowler (? made)
1902 Fowler (? made)