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Description: | A Post Medieval half a stone mould for a musket ball (17th century). The mould is an irregular cuboid with a carved hemi-spherical recess with a wedge-shape funnel - to pour the liquid lead in to form the musket ball. In addition there are two recesses for the pins to hold the two halves of the mould together and two notches on the outside surface for the binding, again to secure the two mould halves.
Dimensions: length: 35.73mm; width: 27.84mm; thickness: 21.42mm; weight: 47.02g.
Identification and dating by Tony Pilson and Ian Smith based on foreshore context. | Subjects: | Musket ball | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Sumnall, Kate - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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