3 This is the first in a series of posts in which I plan to describe the making of replicas of the various sheath and scabbard types recovered in the Dublin excavations and published […]
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1 This particular project is by way of testing an interpretation of a find I recently had an opportunity to examine. The original was about 60% intact and in a very fragile condition […]
Handbags and Gladrags
In the previous post, It’s a Kind of Magic, I mentioned there were significant differences between this shoe and what is known as a Lucas Type 5. The drawing as published by Lucas […]
It’s a kind of magic – making progress
2 It’s been a busy time since the Last Post of 2016. A report on the hidden shoes from Aungier Street and an article for Archaeology Ireland on the Mill Street finds. Now for […]
Pass me a bottle Mr. Jones…………..
2 And what have you done? Well, it’s been a busy year on the shoe finds front beginning with a major report on the large assemblage of leather finds from Drumclay Crannog, near Enniskillen […]
And so this is Christmas
3 Open House Dublin is an annual event in October when members of the public are given an opportunity to visit historic houses and buildings which are not normally open to the visitors. It […]
It’s a kind of Magic – concealed shoes in Dublin
4 I have to start with a compliment to the Mary Rose Trust and their online shop. Before the Mast arrived in record time and was actually deliver by courier on a Saturday morning. […]
And now for some Flasks – Mary Rose style of ...
7 When I was thinking about the website I considered calling it Brogues and Shoes and other stuff, but was advised that such a title was just a bit long and cumbersome. I had […]
Some other stuff: Making a Costrel based on an Illustration ...
I have recently been working on a collection of leather finds from the Coombe area of Dublin for Claire Walsh. It’s a mixed bag of material and includes both medieval and post-medieval footwear. […]