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Description: | A lead alloy powder measure cap. The cap was originally a cast hollow cylinder, closed at one end, but is now damaged and slightly squashed with the open end torn. At one side of the closed end an attachment loop survives though it is bent back against the cap. The opposite loop is missing. These loops would have secured a cord which would have attached the cap to the powder holder and to the soldier's bandolier so the cap could be removed without it getting lost. The cap has a diameter of 23.4mm and is 15.8mm thick. The lead is a white colour with some darker discolouration inside. Powder measure caps are common finds on Civil War sites and they usually date from the seventeenth century.
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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