Scissors Mold for Casting Musket Balls

Object/Artifact

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Door County Museum and Archives

Scissors Mold

Scissors Mold

Name/Title

Scissors Mold for Casting Musket Balls

Entry/Object ID

2014.28.1

Description

Scissors mold found on Base Line Rd on Chambers Island in 1972. This type of mold would have originally been used for casting musket balls ca. 1780. This one may have been used by fishermen in the 1860s to make weights for their nets.

Cataloged By

Ginny Haen

Acquisition

Accession

2014.28

Source or Donor

Dwight Anderson

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Mold, Casting

Nomenclature Class

Metalworking T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Search Terms

fishing, firearms, ammunition, lead ball

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Anderson, Dwight

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

October 1, 2014

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

July 8, 2026