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Description: | Lead cap from a powder-charger, now slightly squashed. It is nearly cylindrical, perhaps originally oval in cross-section, with slightly flaring sides. 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 the bandolier (belt) so that they could be removed without danger of loss. 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 was hung from the bandolier. They date to the 17th century. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1600
1700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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