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POWDER MEASURE
Unique ID: IOW-6339E6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete and misshapen post-Medieval lead cap for measuring a charge of gunpowder (c. 1600-c. 1700). Courtney 1988: 2, fig. 3).
The open and closed ends were oval but are now misshapen. It is trapezoidal in side view. The sides flare from the closed end towards the rim. It has a loop at each of the shorter sides. Above one of the loops and closer to the rim is a cut 'window'. It is unclear why this aperture has been made. There is a casting seam on each longer side and one has a casting sprue scar.
This measure is grey with patches of a buff patina.
Height: 15.9mm; width: 26.4mm; thickness: 21.5mm. Weight: 13.04g.
Compare with IOW-2284E6 and IOW-ED18E4 which have cut 'windows'.
Courtney, P. 1988. Small Arms Accessories of the Mid-Seventeenth Century. Finds Research Group 700-1700.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 15.9 mm
Width: 26.4 mm
Thickness: 21.5 mm
Weight: 13.04 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 21st February 2015 - Saturday 21st February 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2015-4-20
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courtney, P. | 1988 | Small Arms Accessories of the Mid-Seventeenth Century | Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasheet 11 | 2, fig. 3 |
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