Record ID: NMGW12 - POST MEDIEVAL powder flask

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POWDER FLASK

Unique ID: NMGW12

Object type certainty: Certain

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Cast lead cover from a powder holder. Distorted but complete cylinder, closed at one end, with two attachment loops set at opposite sides of the cap. Traces of two casting seams on opposite sides of the cap suggest that it was cast in a two-part mould. Diameter of top of cap 20mm; depth of cap 16-18mm. Mid seventeenth century in date.

Notes:

Cast lead cap from a powder holder which would have been carried, presumably by a musketeer, on a bandolier. Usually each man would have carried about a dozen and they were hence often referred to as the "twelve apostles". The two loops which are set at opposite ends of the cap were attached to suspension cords; one end of which would be fastened to the bandolier and the other to the powder holder. The powder holders themselves were probably made from wood and rarely survive.

Class: Holder

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1650

Dimensions and weight

Diameter: 20 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: Wales
County: Pembrokeshire
District: Pembrokeshire
To be known as: Manorbier

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Other [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Unknown [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st March 1999

Personal details

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Recorded by: Philip MacDonald - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Philip MacDonald - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Other reference: NMGWPA:99.1.4

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