Wine glass with bowl base and partial blue and opaque twisted stem
Lead | Object #: 1782766
Possible bell or waisted bowl. Twist composed of 1 opaque and 1 blue spiral thread encircling opaque corkscrew
Possible bell or waisted bowl. Twist composed of 1 opaque and 1 blue spiral thread encircling opaque corkscrew
Straight stem with opaque twists.
Straight stem with opaque twists. Bowl is possibly trumpet shaped.
Conical plain foot. Opaque twists starting to form at stem base.
10 spiral air twists inside inverted baluster.
Slightly smoothed pontil scar.
This artifact is a strip of lead sprue waste, related to the production of gang molded lead shot. Some shot molds were capable of casting a single ball, and others, called gang molds, were capable of casting several shot all at once. In this latter type, molten lead was poured into the top of the mold…
This artifact is a fragment of lead, possibly related to the production of molded lead shot. Some shot molds were capable of casting a single ball, and others, called gang molds, were capable of casting several shot all at once. Regardless of type, molten lead was poured into the top of the mold and…
This lead ball is a piece of shot. This particular shot was formed in a mold, which was usually made of metal with two halves hinged together. Molten lead was poured into the top of the mold and traveled along a narrow channel to a spherical casting chamber. Some shot molds were capable of casting a…
This lead ball is a piece of shot. This particular shot was formed in a mold, which was usually made of two halves hinged together. Molten lead was poured into the top of the mold and traveled along a narrow channel to a spherical casting chamber. Some shot molds were capable of casting a single ball…
This lead ball is a piece of shot. This particular shot was formed in a mold, which was usually made of metal with two halves hinged together. Molten lead was poured into the top of the mold and traveled along a narrow channel to a spherical casting chamber. Some shot molds were capable of casting a…
This lead ball is a piece of shot. This small sized shot was manufactured by a technique invented by Prince Rupert in the seventeenth century. In this process, molten lead fluxed with arsenic is poured over coals in a colander like instrument which in turn is set above a barrel of water which cools the…
This lead ball is a piece of shot. This particular shot was produced by the dropping method. In this process, molten lead was dropped from a height into a container of water. The greater the height from which the lead was dropped, the rounder the shot. Various forms of this technique were developed over…
This lead ball is a piece of shot. This particular shot was produced by the dropping method. In this process, molten lead was dropped from a height into a container of water. The greater the height from which the lead was dropped, the rounder the shot. Various forms of this technique were developed over…