Shot mold

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Shot mold

Entry/Object ID

VC.58.616 a-b

Description

Shot-mold: in two long rectangular halves, each with two 1/4" holes, for fastening sections together during use, and each with half-round circular mold depressions along each edge.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Date made

circa 1860

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

VC.58.616 A-B

VC.58.616a-b

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Length

12 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 12 in. (30.5 cm)

Material

Soapstone

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Van Cortlandt Family

Notes

Former owner

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Molten lead poured into small (c.1/8") molds through tiny openings in edges of the two stones, secured face-to-face. When cold, and perhaps after having been chilled, lead formed small pellets of shot, used in bird-hunting, small game, etc.

Note Type

General Note

Note

No work sheet in folder. Old tag: "Musket carried by Philip Van Cortlandt in Revolutionary War - Loaned by N. B. Flewellin."

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Van Cortlandt Manor, Storeroom/Curatorial Storage