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I.119 Ramrods
Maker: unknown
Place:English?
Date:16th cent.
Materials:wood
Dimensions:length 397 mm; 308 mm
Current inventory:631, 632
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Two cone-shaped wooden rods, one of which has a bone cap. Were used to pack gunpowder into an arquebus or to push shot into a gun. Provenance: Medici collections.

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