Unusual Old Handmade Single Lead Shot Mold baking tool and I think one would

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which always feel Magritte-ian to me

Unusual Old Handmade Single Lead Shot Mold baking tool and I think one wouldThis 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 (?).