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Lot of lead birdshot with 3 mold sections.

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Lot of lead birdshot with 3 mold sections.
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Lot of lead birdshot with 3 mold sections. 49 grams total. Unlike larger balls, which were typically made with pliers, small birdshot was usually cast in strip-molds and broken off the strips like candy dots. This lot shows both the finished product (8 individual balls) and 3 strips with the balls still attached (2 with 4 balls each and one with just one ball still attached). Found in a Spanish colonial area in the southern Caribbean, ca. 1590.