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Description: | Complete but squashed lead powder flask cap, possibly used for measuring a charge of gunpowder. Probably seventeenth century date (AD 1600 ? AD 1700). Length 19.5mm, width 30.6mm and 10mm thick. Weight 14.96g. The cap contained consolidated soil when measured. The cap, prior to being deformed, would have had an oval ?base? and an oval mouth. Viewed with the mouth at the top, the sides flare gently outwards and upwards from the base. At the base, an integral loop projects either side. There is a vertical casting seam on each of the longer sides. The piece appears to be in fair condition. | 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 | Creator: | Frank Basford | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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