Unusual Old Handmade Single Lead Shot Mold transfer ware child's cup mold form is 3 3/8"

mold form is 3 3/8" in diameter

with only the most minor of loss on the exterior

I have no idea the backstory to this old handmade copper hand

there was no way I could resist it

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

Unusual Old Handmade Single Lead Shot Mold transfer ware child's cup mold form is 3 3/8"This 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 (?).