UKRay Report post Posted February 20, 2011 I went to see the Mary Rose in Portsmouth recently and took a few cheeky photos of leatherwork recovered from the wreck. Sadly the low lighting, lack of flash and a cheapo camera didn't help the images much, but enough for you to get an idea what leather stuff looked like in Tudor times. I should mention that many of the artefacts recovered were, unusually, the property of ordinary sailors and the ship's craftsmen - not rich people. Check out the reproduction doublet - not an original but beautiful work all the same. Anyone know who made this? The leather bottle is poorly stitched. Was this a 'second' or simply an old bottle that was repaired? Check out the stamping on the scabbard. Hope you enjoy the history. Ray Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DaveJohnson Report post Posted February 20, 2011 Cool Filigree Belt - old leather is still great leather !! Thanks for posting Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luke Hatley Report post Posted February 20, 2011 Ray thanks for posting the photos. The Mary Rose was a Great find. The Leather Artifacts that were found was in excellent condition, so it was said. For thoes that want more information about the Mary Rose there is a Web Site for it. Mary Rose Yes this is where i got my insperation for Canteens and Blackjack Mugs. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tg lucas Report post Posted February 20, 2011 hey thanks for sharing your trip with us, hmmm makes you wonder how many of the things we make today will still be around in some form or fashion a couple hundred years from now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BondoBobCustomSaddles Report post Posted February 20, 2011 Way Cool!!!! Thanks for sharing with us. Bob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeCahill Report post Posted February 27, 2011 I went to see the Mary Rose in Portsmouth recently and took a few cheeky photos of leatherwork recovered from the wreck. Sadly the low lighting, lack of flash and a cheapo camera didn't help the images much, but enough for you to get an idea what leather stuff looked like in Tudor times. I should mention that many of the artefacts recovered were, unusually, the property of ordinary sailors and the ship's craftsmen - not rich people. Check out the reproduction doublet - not an original but beautiful work all the same. Anyone know who made this? The leather bottle is poorly stitched. Was this a 'second' or simply an old bottle that was repaired? Check out the stamping on the scabbard. Hope you enjoy the history. Ray I plan to go there either this year or next, this to me is real history, the belongings of the ordinary people like us, the cheap crap that normally wouldn't survive I like living history places, where you can see how and why things were done like they were, in the forces there are always people who will do the jobs people hate, or things they have a talent for like sewing on insignia. The bottle looks like a repair to me, someone who was too mean to pay someone else to do it properly, I bet it leaked all the time, but just not enough to bother replacing it Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Suze Report post Posted February 27, 2011 or the bottle started leaking at sea and the owner had no choice but to TRY to fix it himself.... so many questions so many unique things and I am stuck soo far away from seeing them with my own two eyeballs. sigh Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jana Report post Posted February 27, 2011 Thank you Ray! I have gotten a chance to go through the books written about the various items found on the Mary Rose but your pictures make it a bit more "real". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TexasJack Report post Posted February 28, 2011 From the web site www.maryrose.org: "Built between 1509 and 1511, she was one of the first ships able to fire a broadside, and was a firm favourite of King Henry VIII. After a long and successful career, she sank accidentally during an engagement with the French fleet in 1545. Her rediscovery and raising were seminal events in the history of nautical archaeology." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites