Artwork : ArchiveNo00156

Bellows 1545

ContributionForm
Contributor Name	Mary Rose
Contributor Image	Andy_Elkerton.jpg
Profession
Location	Portsea
Collection Date	06.06.08 3.43pm
Artefact Name	Bellows
Artefact Description	Made of wood – ash and leather 46.8cm length, 25cm width, 12cm height. Good condition
Artefact Date	1545
Artefact Stored	Mary Rose store
Artefact Form
Artefact Image	00156_Bellows.jpg
Sample Taken	Leather from underside
Sample Image
History of Artefact	Found in the Hold near the ship’s brick-built ovens. The design of bellows has not changed over the centuries. Only one pair were found in the wreck. Found in 1982 by Colin Fox (diver).
Historian	Andy Elkerton
Previous Owners	The cook on Mary Rose
Special Memories	‘Lots of firewood was found in the same place!’ Andy Elkerton - Historian
Artwork Image	00156art.jpg

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