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Bullet Mold

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Collection Type

  • Armament

Date

1776

GUSN

GUSN-2197

Description

Rectangular, rough carved, two-piece mold.

Details

Descriptive Terms

molds (shaping tools)
bullets
incising
hewing
roughness
soapstone (metamorphic rock)
wars
Soapstone
Rough-Hewn
Incised
Revolutionary War
MOLD, BULLET

Inscription

Incised on front: ""1776"".

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

1991.218A,B

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

0.75 x 8.375 x 1.375 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.218AB

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