Unusual Old Handmade Single Lead Shot Mold baking tool perhaps in part because of

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

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It is constructed like a "crown on thorns" with interlocking pieces

Unusual Old Handmade Single Lead Shot Mold baking tool perhaps in part because ofThis 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 (?).