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Description: | An incomplete lead powder flask cap, used for measuring a charge of gunpowder. Seventeenth century date (AD 1600 - AD 1700). Length 15mm, overall width 31mm, and 20mm thick. Weight 17.45g. The cap 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. One of these loops is squashed against the wall. There is a vertical "casting" seam and associated sprue scar on one of the long sides. The object appears to have been made from cast sheet lead, cut to shape and the separate parts soldered or "sweated" together.Despite being distorted, 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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