Unusual Old Handmade Single Lead Shot Mold transfer ware child's cup which is wrapped around the

which is wrapped around the box and nicely tucked in at the end

15" long x 7 1/8" wide x 4" tall

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and while at first I thought the central component of a weathervane

Unusual Old Handmade Single Lead Shot Mold transfer ware child's cup which is wrapped around theThis is an unusual, handmade pine mold made to produce lead shot (musket balls?), one at a time. Relative to producing shot, much more commonly one sees antique handheld plier like molds, often producing multiples at once, quickly, which would be far more efficient in a military type situation so this seems certainly made for personal use, and while I assume for producing shot, I suppose it could have been used for a different purpose entirely (?).