Artillery shell

Date: 
1870-1890
Medium: 
Iron, wood
Dimensions: 
Overall: 8 x 4 in. ( 20.3 x 10.2 cm )
Description: 
Iron artillery shell; conical with scew-on cap and wood fragment attached to cap bottom.
Credit Line: 
Gift of John H. Thompson
Object Number: 
1912.46
Gallery Label: 
According to accession records, this shell was found in a trench at Santiago, Cuba, in 1899.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1890
eMuseum Object ID: 
18825
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bullet mould

Medium: 
metal
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 x 10 x 1 in. ( 2.5 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm )
Object Number: 
INV.7874
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
0
eMuseum Object ID: 
18824
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bullet mould

Date: 
1800-1850
Medium: 
Iron
Dimensions: 
Overall: 3 1/2 x 1/2 in. ( 8.9 x 1.3 cm )
Description: 
Iron bullet mold; two arms hinged at front, with two circular molds on interior; hexagon-shaped wrench at end of bottom arm.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Dorothy Barck
Object Number: 
1954.143d
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1850
eMuseum Object ID: 
18537
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bullet mould

Date: 
1800-1850
Medium: 
Iron
Dimensions: 
Overall: 5 3/8 x 5/8 in. ( 13.7 x 1.6 cm )
Description: 
Iron bullet mold; two flat arms that extend into hinged front, with circular mold at end of each arm.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. R.W.G. Vail
Object Number: 
1958.26
Marks: 
stamped: arm: "55"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1850
eMuseum Object ID: 
18506
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bullet mould

Date: 
1800-1850
Medium: 
Iron
Dimensions: 
Overall: 5 5/8 x 3/4 in. ( 14.3 x 1.9 cm )
Description: 
Iron bullet mold; two arms hinged at front, with two large rectangles with circular molds on interior.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Dorothy Barck
Object Number: 
1954.143j
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1850
eMuseum Object ID: 
18416
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bullet mould

Date: 
1800-1850
Medium: 
Iron
Dimensions: 
Overall: 8 x 5/8 in. ( 20.3 x 1.6 cm )
Description: 
Iron bullet mold; two curved arms hinged at front, with on large and three small circular molds on interior.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Dorothy Barck
Object Number: 
1954.143h
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1850
eMuseum Object ID: 
18401
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bullet mold

Date: 
1800-1850
Medium: 
Iron
Dimensions: 
Overall: 4 1/2 x 1/2 in. ( 11.4 x 1.3 cm )
Description: 
Iron bullet mold; two arms that extend into hinged front, with circular mold at end of each arm.
Object Number: 
1955.72
Marks: 
"12b"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1850
eMuseum Object ID: 
18399
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bullet mold

Date: 
1800-1850
Medium: 
Iron
Dimensions: 
Overall: 4 5/8 x 3/4 in. ( 11.7 x 1.9 cm )
Description: 
Iron bullet mold; two half circle molds at front of flat, hinged arms.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Walter S. Poor
Object Number: 
1945.318a
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1850
eMuseum Object ID: 
18378
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bullet mould

Date: 
1850-1870
Medium: 
Steel
Dimensions: 
Overall: 5 x 7/8 in. ( 12.7 x 2.2 cm )
Description: 
Steel bullet mold; two flat arms hinged at front, with circular and conical molds on interior.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Dorothy Barck
Object Number: 
1954.143e
Marks: 
stamped: "COLT'S/PATENT"; "36P"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1870
eMuseum Object ID: 
18245
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bullet mould

Date: 
1850-1870
Medium: 
Brass, iron
Dimensions: 
Overall: 5 x 7/8 in. ( 12.7 x 2.2 cm )
Description: 
Brass and iron bullet mold; two arms that extend into hinged front, with conical and circular mold on interior; stamped mark.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Goodhue Livingston
Object Number: 
1951.326
Marks: 
stamped: "COLT'S/PATENT"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1870
eMuseum Object ID: 
18184
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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