Unusual Old Handmade Single Lead Shot Mold transfer ware child's cup it would turn out to

it would turn out to be Marcel Duchamp

conte crayon

with only the most minor of loss on the exterior

mold form is 3 3/8" in diameter

I spotted it perched behind the counter at an antique store in Lawrence

Unusual Old Handmade Single Lead Shot Mold transfer ware child's cup it would turn out toThis 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 (?).