Jack Roberts

We've now just received a picture documenting this event. Rumors have been spreading for years over this event. Capt'n John Sterling has refused comment on the situation and Quartermaster William Brand (formerly Capt'n of the Watch Dog) could not be reached at this time. We believe we have found a pictorial of the, now infamous, "Night in Barcelona". We do believe that this was early in the evening just before the real action got started. We can now see baboon was there early during the festivities. (Look towards the bottom left. OI the Capt'n is going to kill me. )

...and yet another green shoe from the period. Green Shoe About 1710 Leather sole, covered wooden heel, satin trimmed with silk braid Made in England

Woven silk shoe with red leather British 1720- 1730 Interesting how the back of the shoe is made. Very similar to what I've seen in reproductions of leather shoes today. (Not saying that is PC or anything.)

WOT!?!? All I said was sleeve and pole and co..... oh never mind.

So walking through the antiques sale on Portobello this morning and I run into this... It's a quart measure Made in England by Thomas Matthews in 1720. (At least that's what the vendor told me. He seemed fairly knowledgeable and trust worthy. He knew I wasn't going to buy it.) and..... Is a half-pint gill, also for wine by the same maker. Maybe we can have some made?

Some technical details, in order to get the engravings to show up I had to use flash. To keep the glare off the glass I had to take the pictures at an angle. I have manipulated them in photoshop to give them a straightened appearance. Also I still have full res originals on my desktop, should you see something and want to see it close, I can zoom in, crop it and post it here. Just ask. (Believe me I can get really close on most of them.) Enjoy!

One other tid bit I saw. SIX ENGRAVINGS of "The Harlot's Progress", in original frames First published 1732 Republished 1744 the frames 1732-1745 The artist William Hogarth trained as an engraver of silver and continued to engrave his own paintings, 'The Harlot's Progress' was the first of several series of narrative paintings that he made, satirizing the faults of contemporary society. Hogarth published these as prints as soon as the series was completed, engraving the plates himself and issuing the set at one guinea. They were designed not for portfolios, but to be hung in a frames such as these. Engraving and etching, ink on paper, frames of ebonized fruitwood and carved and gilded pine Designed, engraved and etched in London by William Hogarth (born in London, 1697, died there in 1764) Ok a bit late but would still think useful. So here they are.

Stay away from this fabric. (Sorry don't have a close up) It was a very loose weave and kept unraveling on me. Not very fun for trying my first mantua. Like Mary said, I do all my seams with a machine and (I just recently started doing this) Finishing the garment by hand. (Oh I have the same trouble as Mary with button holes. Still working on getting those down.) But I strive real hard to use period material. Besides linen it just so nice to wear and much cooler than cotton or any synthetic material. One exception I would feel is velvet. I have yet to find PC velvet. (Made from silk or wool) Anything I have found has always been for upholstery. It way to stiff for garment use. The stays your making do look nice though. What is the outer fabric? I wouldn't mind a shot of it by it self. If the pattern is correct (more like close) for the period I would venture to say (Waiting on the wrath of Sterling ) that would be PFC. I just shot a whole bunch of photos of fabric samples at the V&A I could compare your fabric with what I have. At first glance there might be a chance it's close. (If the outer is the red gold stuff.)

Perhaps like these? Sorry William, I'll look for some wrapped the Times tomorrow.

I'm pretty sure it's a type of flatfelled seam. The stitch is probably a running on most of the seams. (I'm sure were the sleeves connect are back stitched for reinforcement. The edges along the outside look to be prick stitched like they should.) I'm just not sure how to construct it. Although I do have an idea.

Cool... I know what to do then...that's my old brown waistcoat... I can show you this stitch... Check this detail out. I'm pretty sure its the same stitch.

Aye it did from what I recall.

Also note the bottom not being perfectly cut. Its a tad uneven. This on a higher quality waistcoat.

Yes they were uncut. There were. Look here buy the sword. 3 buttons of the same kind from the front. Sorry didn't think to get a clear shot of those.

Shouldering his haversack, Jack mounted the horse and dug his heels into the horse's side. The horse gave a small rear and was off. Almost completely caught up to Jean and the frenchie, Jack shouted, "Jean, take the that north inland road!" Jean turned his head and nodded in confirmation. Reaching out to Babineaux he relayed the message. Jack trying to push the horse harder to catch up and also trying to hold on and steady himself. It had been some time since he had handled one. "Hopefully this trip would be worth it." he thought to himself. Most thankful for the coin purse Jim had given just before they left. Onward they pushed hoping to cross paths of the good Capt'n.

So how do you think the seams are constructed? Isn't there a type of flat felled stitch that shows a single line of stitches like that?

Its the dress dummy.

Rushed for Sterling. SMALL SWORD Hallmarked for 1676 - 1677 A sword with a silver hilt was one of the marks of a gentleman, word for fashion and, less often, self defense. It was worn on a wide belt across the body and hung almost at the coat hem, angled to show the decorated hilt. Hilt of cast and engraved silver, with an etched blade The hilt made in London by William Badcock (Active 1668-1679); blade possibly made in England PICs Enjoy!

Yeah, what kind of Quartermaster you take me for?

Damn if it wasn't fricking 6am here I would run out now a order some and snap a photo. Just wait til you wake up in the morning my friend you see.

WOW! Very nice, quite impressive. I cockscombed my ridge pole sleeve for the tent I made.

Some interesting things I observed that I will point out. The neck line is bound. Bound with a really narrow piece of fabric. Wow. It also looks that every seam is stitched visibly. Hope that makes sense. Also I've seen the the bottom of the sleeves are not attached. Perhaps for ventilation? (You can refer to the above photo also) Let me also point out the pockets. They have these "tack" stitches. Very interesting. So that what I saw on that piece. Here is a link to the photos for the Waistcoat should you want to peruse them yourself. 1710 Waistcoat Album Now lets discuss.

So I had the oppurtunity to visit the V&A museum yesterday and had a blast. Unfortunately there wasn't a lot of stuff on display from our time period but I was able to find a few things here and there. One of the objects I found was this 1710 waistcoat. Here is what V&A had to say about it. "WAISTCOAT 1710 - 1720 A gentleman wore such a waistcoat informally during the day, with a plain coat and breeches. The coat would have been left ope to display the fashionably patterned silk with the waistcoat buttoned at the waist to show of is and ruffles. SIlk Damask, lined with fustain and silk Made in England So here it is. Sorry its hard to get a full shot in front of the glass. The back More too come next!

Awesome. I never even thought about the kegging process not being period. I was just thinking you'd bottle it, but then that get expensive also. Keep us posted. Thanks for the hard work.