1999-07-23 00:00:00 Philip MacDonald pmacdonald 2011-02-24 12:19:17 Daniel Pett dpett NMGW12 POWDER FLASK 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. 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... 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. Lead Cast POST MEDIEVAL POST MEDIEVAL 1650 20 1999-07-23 00:00:00 PEMBROKESHIRE PEMBROKESHIRE POINT( ) Calculated from parish centroid SS09NE SS2019 29.06.2003 Metal detector 1 PUBLIC Creative Commons Non Commercial Share Alike - The Portable Antiquities Scheme 1999 These records can be reproduced in a non commercial enviroment as long as the original recorder is cited. The Portable Antiquities Scheme info@finds.org.uk No fees are applicable.