souvenir / Four Courts, 1922

Four Courts, 1922. A hand grenade case (empty), with screw cap. Cast iron, ovoid, slotted case, c.4" by 2.5" (mould did not quite fit and join noticable). Cap a cylinder of metal, probably lead, with strip projecting at side and held in place at top of cap by a split pin. Brass ring at end of latter. No mark. A grenade made (or at least assembled) in the Four Courts in 1922. Secured at the time by Dr J.H. Pollock as a souvenir.;