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Description: | Complete lead powder flask cap, used for measuring a charge of gunpowder. Seventeenth century date (AD 1600 - AD 1700). Length 11.3mm, overall width 29mm, and 10mm thick. Weight 14.11g. (the weight includes some soil within).The cap, which has an indistinct rim, is squashed and distorted. Originally it would have been circular or oval in plan (viewed from above). The comparatively thin sides (or walls) would have flared outwards towards the oval or circular mouth (now distorted). The closed end, the "base" is circular. At each end of the base, along the major axis, is an integral loop projecting outwards. There is a vertical "casting" seam on one of the long sides. The object appears to have been made from sheet lead, cut to shape and the separate parts soldered or "sweated" together.The piece appears to be in fair condition.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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