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Description: | A complete and misshapen post-Medieval lead alloy powder measure used for measuring a charge of gunpowder (c. 1600-c. 1700). Courtney 1988: 2, fig. 3).The open end is squashed together and the closed end is oval in plan. The sides flare from the closed end to the open end which has a circumferential rim. A vertical casting seam is just visible on both outer faces. The closed end has an annulet with a central pellet.This measure is grey with areas of a buff patina.Height: 17.7mm; width: 30.2mm; thickness: 15.4mm. Weight: 17.76g. (the weight includes some soil and vegetal material 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.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: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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