 Leather drinking vessels and water carriers have been in use since Neolithic times, but it was during the medieval and later Tudor periods that they became particularly popular.
Leather is mainly worked wet so that it can be shaped. When air dried it becomes what is known as jack leather and medieval leather vessels therefore became known as jacks.
Later fashion, particularly in Tudor times, added a wider base, presumably to promote better stability as found with those discovered with the wreck of the Mary Rose. Labels: A Medieval Jack, Leather ."cracker", Leather drinking, leather vessels, Neolithic, times, Tudor periods, Tudor times, wreck of the Mary Rose. |
