CS cannonball

[relichound]

About 1970 it was fashionable for many people to paint rusty old Civil War cannonballs
and shells with black anti-rust paint. This is a 12 LB. cannonball with the CS brass fuze holder
that was never unloaded and I plan to have it unloaded and then I will remove the old paint.
This came from an antique auction from years ago, and it was probably one of the few things
in the auction really a hundred years old! There is a side loader hole and (lead?) cover there
although it is hard to see or feel.

 

[Frederick14Va]

Interesting... Usually when people painted them they normally didn't include painting over the copper fuse holder and side lead plug.. which would make this one a Case Shot. I would recommend having this one properly disarmed before doing anything else with it..