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Description: | An almost complete and misshapen post-Medieval cast-lead powder measure used for measuring a charge of gunpowder (c. 1600-c. 1700). Courtney 1988: 2, fig. 3).Both ends are oval and the closed end has a raised ring-and-dot motif at the centre. It is trapezoidal in side view. The sides flare from the closed end towards the rim. One loop is missing. There is a casting seam on each longer side and one seam has a sprue scar.This measure has a buff patina. A small portion of the rim is missing.Height: 18.6mm; width: 25.6mm; thickness: 16.5mm. Weight: 15.87g.Courtney, P. 1988. Small Arms Accessories of the Mid-Seventeenth Century. Finds Research Group 700-1700.
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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