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Description: | An incomplete and damaged post-Medieval lead powder measure (possibly) containing a lead musket ball (c. 1600-c. 1700). Courtney 1988: 2, fig. 3).The suspension loops are missing.This measure is roughly circular in plan. There is one vertical "casting" seam (just visible) at one end but the scars of the attachment loops are not apparent. The rim at the open end of the powder measure has been crimped around the edge and firmly secures the musket ball within.This measure and ball have an uneven buff patina. Heigh: (including ball): 19.2mm; length: 22.1mm; width: 21.0mm. Weight: 46.79g. (the weight includes some soil within).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.Compare with: DEV-B56FB8; HESH-CAC091 and WILT-EDB650.Courtney, P. 1988. Small Arms Accessories of the Mid-Seventeenth Century. Finds Research Group 700-1700.
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