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Possible large misshapen, cast lead shot
Lead | Object #: 1832393
This artifact is a fragment of lead, possibly related to the production of molded lead shot. Some shot molds were capable of casting a single ball, and others, called gang molds, were capable of casting several shot all at once. Regardless of type, molten lead was poured into the top of the mol...
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Large cast lead shot with visible stem.
Lead | Object #: 1833466
This lead ball is a piece of shot. This particular shot was formed in a mold, which was usually made of metal with two halves hinged together. Molten lead was poured into the top of the mold and traveled along a narrow channel to a spherical casting chamber. Some shot molds were capable of cast...
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Small cast lead shot with visible seam
Lead | Object #: 1833468
This lead ball is a piece of shot. This particular shot was formed in a mold, which was usually made of two halves hinged together. Molten lead was poured into the top of the mold and traveled along a narrow channel to a spherical casting chamber. Some shot molds were capable of casting a singl...
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Large cast lead shot with visible stem and seam
Lead | Object #: 1833488
This lead ball is a piece of shot. This particular shot was formed in a mold, which was usually made of metal with two halves hinged together. Molten lead was poured into the top of the mold and traveled along a narrow channel to a spherical casting chamber. Some shot molds were capable of cast...
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Small dropped lead shot with visible dimple.
Lead | Object #: 1833500
This lead ball is a piece of shot. This small sized shot was manufactured by a technique invented by Prince Rupert in the seventeenth century. In this process, molten lead fluxed with arsenic is poured over coals in a colander like instrument which in turn is set above a barrel of water which c...
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Small dropped lead shot with visible dimple
Lead | Object #: 1833542
This lead ball is a piece of shot. This particular shot was produced by the dropping method. In this process, molten lead was dropped from a height into a container of water. The greater the height from which the lead was dropped, the rounder the shot. Various forms of this technique were devel...
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Small dropped lead shot with visible dimple
Lead | Object #: 1833568
This lead ball is a piece of shot. This particular shot was produced by the dropping method. In this process, molten lead was dropped from a height into a container of water. The greater the height from which the lead was dropped, the rounder the shot. Various forms of this technique were devel...
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