Lead, 17.29 grams, 30.86 mm. Mid-17th century AD. A lugged tubular vessel used to measure the appropriate quantity of gunpowder for use with a muzzle-loading matchlock musket. Measures of this kind were made and issued in quantity during the English Civil War (1642-51) to equip infantry regiments. Reference: Young, P. English Civil War Armies, 1994. Very fine condition. Provenance: found on a Charles I Civil war battle site near Harston, Cambridgeshire.