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Description: | A complete and misshapen post-Medieval cast-lead cap used for measuring a charge of gunpowder (c. 1600-c. 1700). Courtney 1988: 2, fig. 3).The open and closed ends are oval but the open end is now misshapen. It is trapezoidal in side view. The sides flare from the closed end towards the thickened rim. It has an attachment loop at each of the shorter sides. There is a casting seam on each longer side. The closed end is decorated with a central pellet.This measure is grey with patches of a buff patina.Height: 18.9mm; width: 27.3mm; thickness: 18.1mm; thickness of walls: 1.9mm. Weight: 19.58g.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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