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Unique ID: NLM-C9A8D5
Object type certainty: Possibly
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Possible powder flask. Cast spherical vessel resembling a one-piece spherical bell in its construction. A body of two hemispheres meeting at an external rib, probably as a one piece casting, is equipped with a short waisted spout at the top. A hole in the base and one in the lower wall may represent, respectively, a casting flaw and post-depositional damage. The size and consequently the volume, though not the form, closely resembles that of lead alloy priming caps, as recorded from Newbury, Berkshire and Chelmsford, Essex (Harding 2012, page 40, plate 4). This identification is prompted by the numerous fired lead shot and musket ball reported from the vicinity. The priming flask would be used to fill a small tray above the trigger mechanism of a matchlock weapon with gunpowder; its ignition would in turn detonate the main propellant charge in the barrel. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1700.
Height: 41.9mm, Diameter: 34.3mm, Thickness (at spout): 2.3mm, Weight: 37.77gms.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Quantity: 1
Height: 41.9 mm
Thickness: 2.3 mm
Weight: 37.77 g
Diameter: 34.3 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 6th September 2014
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Other reference: NLM26921a
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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