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attached are pictures of 6 gun case accessories. I am not sure of the exact names and functions of each.

Can anyone help a bit ?
Thanks, Daryl

The ebony handled ones are cone (percussion nipple) cleaning tools.
The one with the rectangular hole is a hut wrench for removing a breech plug.
The iron one on the right is to clean out the breech plug after removal.

Mike, thanks. On the hut wrench would one apply a handle extension ? They purposely "sharpened" the wrench handle. Can you suggest why?
I am not sure of the exact use of the two items on the left. The mallet could be a bullet seater, but for a short barreled gun. The second from the left could be a wad cutter, but I have never seen one of that design. It seems well worn from use. Daryl

Yes but not for a short barreled gun but rather, I strongly suspect it to be a short starter, only intended to start the ball/bullet before ramming it home with the ramrod.

Licensed, your thoughts sound good. I assume the ring on the handle of the mallet would be to stop the seating penetration to protect the user’s knuckles from hitting the muzzle. Thanks for your thoughts.

Is the item on the right a “bullet mould cherry” for cutting a mould cavity from a pair of mould blocks?

Also my best guess.

For the item on the right, I do see a screwdriver type slot on one end where one could apply some torque. The finish seems to match the hut wrench.

The mallet-looking tool is definitely a short starter for bullet or ball, IMO. When I competed with m/l rifles in the NMLRA is used one religiously. Mine actually had a very short starter on one side of the head/ball to just barely seat the patched ball flush with the muzzle, then the longer one, as pictured, to seat it on down a ways. Then, the loading rod carried it on down and seated it atop the charge.

I'm thinking the large black handled tool may be some derivation of a wad cutter?

I agree that the tool on the far right is a bullet mold cherry.

I don't believe it is a cherry.
If you look closely at the "teeth", they appear squarish, and not too sharp. I think it is used to ream or scrape the fouling out of the patent breech recess after the breech is removed with the hut wrench.
I have seen reference in original documents going well back into the 18th century for "britch scrapers", which were affixed to the end of a loading rod or wiping stick to remove the built up fouling from the face of the breech plug. I don't think the fouling went away in the percussion era.
The tool with the worn black handle looks more like some sort of wood carving tool to me. I've never come across a gun case tool like it (not that I've seen all of them!)