Unusual Old Handmade Single Lead Shot Mold baking tool 7 1/4" long x 1"

7 1/4" long x 1" wide x 3/4" deep

perhaps in part because of the fabulous nature of the platypus itself

" which makes me wonder if somehow the photo refers to the seemingly magic act of producing an image with chemicals in a darkroom--or the folly of this particular photographer's endeavor and/or need for a drink

which always feel Magritte-ian to me

Unusual Old Handmade Single Lead Shot Mold baking tool 7 1/4" long x 1"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 (?).