Medieval Leather Flask

I enjoy leatherwork and I think I am about to start work on one of these for myself.

Flask, leather, late medieval"Flask, leather, the body and base formed of two pieces of leather. D-shaped long- and cross-section, oval in outline. The base, slightly concave, is a continuation of the flattened half. The halves are stitched with waxed cord forming an outward facing seam down each side and around the edge of half the base. The seams are externally lined with pitch. Two leather loops, 3-4cm long, are set into slots in the seam on each side, one on the shoulder and one 3.5cm above the base. The body tapers in a short neck to the mouth, which is near- rectangular with rounded corners, and slightly puckered 2-2.5cm below the rim, showing the marks of the now missing lid. There are small incomplete perforations on three corners immediately above the pucker, and a small dent below the rim on one side with wear above it to the rim, possibly indicating a hinged lid.

Late medieval C15th C16th FRNO 547 548 549 H. 35.3; W. max 21.2; D. base 14.4 x 12.0; D. rim ext 4.6 x 3.6, T wall 0.4; Wt. 686.2gDatePeriod: MedievalEarly: 1400Late: 1600Century: 15 16

I found this info on an auction site.

A good English three-quarter Armour composite, C. 1580 - 1610.
BURGONET with two piece skull and high comb, hinged ear guards, riveted peak and neck guard, main borders rolled, "#13" stamped on right ear guard, still retaining it's original burlap liner, (very rare).
Breastplate well formed, and painted "no 15" inside, with strong central ridge, heavy rolled neck and arm cusps, one plate fauld with attached tassets of five lames.
Backplate with rolled and roped edges and armoures mark of four dots, one in each corner.
Arm defenses comprising pauldrons of three lames with rolled and roped edges upper and lower cannons and elbow cops, finger gauntlets with high cuff and five metacarpal lames, fingers and thumb. Gorget front and rear each with three-neck plates rolled and roped edges. Some repair, restoration and replacements.
Breast plate and Helmet deaccessioned from Tower of London, 1972, mounted on a plastic mannequin with a foam head on a turned Mahogany Wooden base.
SOLD $ 17,500 US

Well, I have been slow to update but now hopefully I will be able to start doing it a little more regularly. I am not sure that I like blogging as a way of actually providing useful information that should be in a more static form. For example, there is no way that I can find to put all of the photos in one folder and have them available for view without a person having to search the enitire blog. I may just make my own website instead of continuing to blog this info. Don't get me wrong, I think that blogging is a good way to keep updated with ever changing information and would be useful for a news site or personal journal. Anyway, here is today's new post.

February from the Book of Hours 1490