English civil war lead powder cap

Matchlock · 24th March 2014, 03:48 PM

As so many specimens are dug up in Great Britain we may safely suppose that in the Cromwellian Age, the caps of wooden powder holders on English musketeers bandeliers were often made of lead, certainly due to the moist weather on the island.
The term 'powder cap' used in some desriptions on the site linked here is not quite correct of course; actually they are not caps for powder but for powder holders or measures.

http://finds.org.uk/database/search/...objecttype/cap

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Marcus den toom · 1st April 2014, 07:04 PM

Thank you Michael,

I recieved the lead end cap today and made better pictures of this common gold

This neat little thing smells like sal ammoniac (ammonium chloride), anyone knows why this might be? I read on the internet that ammonium chloride was used to clean metals for tin coating...

fernando · 1st April 2014, 08:20 PM

I guess Michael will not react for a while. He is off to the orthopedic clinic

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24th March 2014, 03:48 PM	#1
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	As so many specimens are dug up in Great Britain we may safely suppose that in the Cromwellian Age, the caps of wooden powder holders on English musketeers bandeliers were often made of lead, certainly due to the moist weather on the island. The term 'powder cap' used in some desriptions on the site linked here is not quite correct of course; actually they are not caps for powder but for powder holders or measures. http://finds.org.uk/database/search/...objecttype/cap m Attached Images Last edited by Matchlock; 24th March 2014 at 04:07 PM.

1st April 2014, 07:04 PM	#2
Marcus den toom Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Netherlands Posts: 535	Thank you Michael, I recieved the lead end cap today and made better pictures of this common gold This neat little thing smells like sal ammoniac (ammonium chloride), anyone knows why this might be? I read on the internet that ammonium chloride was used to clean metals for tin coating...

1st April 2014, 08:20 PM	#3
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	I guess Michael will not react for a while. He is off to the orthopedic clinic .