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Description: | An incomplete and damaged post-Medieval lead powder measure used for measuring a charge of gunpowder (c. 1600-c. 1700). Courtney 1988: 2, fig. 3).The open end is squashed and the closed end is oval. The sides flare slightly from the closed end to the open end which has a slightly thickened rim. One loop at the end of the closed end is complete and only the stubs of the opposite loop survive. There is a vertical casting seam on both of the longer sides. The closed end is flat and has two short opposing grooves which may have been deliberately cut.This measure is grey with traces of a buff patina.Height: 19.9mm; width: 30.8mm; thickness: 18.8mm. Weight: 26.41g.The powder cap is the most common find from Civil War sites, forming the cap to the powder holder or flask. The caps were suspended from a bandolier by cord through the attachment loops, and the flask was then pulled away from the cap when needed. Courtney (1988: 2, fig. 3) illustrates an almost identical example.Courtney, P. 1988. Small Arms Accessories of the Mid-Seventeenth Century. Finds Research Group 700-1700.
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