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Description: | Cast lead powder holder cap, now crumpled and difficult to measure accurately. The rim and base were probably oval in plan with slightly flaring sides. The length of the long axis at the base was about 26mm and the maximum length at the rim was about 32mm, height 18mm. There is a casting seam down the centre of each long side and a small loop at the top in the centre of each short side. These loops served to attach the cap separately to a belt so that they could be removed without without being lost. The cap would have been part of a powder-charger or powder-holder, a small wooden container holding enough powder for a complete charge for a musket. A series of these holders were hung from a special belt. Seventeenth century. See Courtney 1988. | Subjects: | Powder charger | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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