Shotmould for musket balls from the wreck of the Dutch East Indiaman Hollandia

Shotmould for musket balls from the wreck of the Dutch East Indiaman Hollandia

NG-1975-45-H

Pair of tongs, bar-shaped, semicircular hinged end, five-lugged with two lugs marked [X], on other ends square tapering tangs for handles, broken, each tong has 13 circular concave halfround moulds, one tong bears inscription [XXIIII]; used to cast round shot, shotmould.

anonymous, Netherlands

1700 - in or before 1743-08-13

koper

height 42 cm x width 6 cm x depth 4.3 cm

purchase 1975-10-28

Public domain

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