Record ID: IOW-345F67
Object type: POWDER MEASURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval lead alloy powder measure cap used for measuring a charge of gunpowder (c. 1600-c. 1700). Courtney 1988: 2, fig. 3. This cap has vertical sides. The open end is damaged and the closed end is sub-oval in plan. The closed end has a pellet within an annulet at the centre. A casting seam can be seen on one of the broader sides. One loop is intact and the other is missing. This measure is grey. Height: 18.0mm; height including loop: 23.5mm; width: 21.0mm; thickness: 18.6mm. Weight: 13.91g. The loops enabled the cap to be attached separately to the…
Created on: Monday 19th November 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 20th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.