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Description: | Incomplete cast lead powder holder cap, now crumpled and difficult to measure accurately. The rim and base were probably oval in plan with slightly flaring sides. The length of the long axis at the base was about 16mm. The height appears to have been at least 14mm. There are no casting seams down the centre of each long side as there are on some powder charger caps. Part of one of the two attachment loops survives. These loops served to attach the cap separately to a belt so that they could be removed without without being lost. 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 were hung from a special belt. Seventeenth 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
1699 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Frank Basford | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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