Vintage PAT. 1893 E.I. Dupont Smokeless Gunpowder Shotgun Powder Tin Keg + Shot

Description

What a find!  This
Patented 1893
"E.I Dupont De Nemours & Co. Smokeless Gunpowder Tin"
boasts
two hunting dogs
atop it's very artistic advertising cover!
Remarkably, the original owner has deposited vintage shotgun pellets inside!
(There are many more pellets (shot) inside than shown in Image #10)
Tin measures four inches high by 3 3/8 inches wide.
Priority U.S. postage and insurance is .50 (with the pellets it's heavy!)