Fox Posted February 5, 2006 Posted February 5, 2006 The Kronen was a Swedish warships which sank in 1676. Check out this (dissapointingly small) photo of a sea-chest, hat, and jacket recovered from the wreck. Foxe"With this Fore-Staff he fansies he does Wonders, when, God knows, it amounts to no more but only to solve that simple Question, Where are we? Which every chi'd in London can tell you." - Ned Ward The Wooden World Dissected, 1707ETFox.co.uk
JoshuaRed Posted February 5, 2006 Posted February 5, 2006 Oh sweet!!! Thanks for posting that Foxe. Maybe women are right...bigger IS better.
Fox Posted February 5, 2006 Author Posted February 5, 2006 I'm gonna try to re-block an old hat I've got to that shape, but I've got this terrible feeling I'm going to end up looking like the Robber Hotzenplotz or the Scarecrow from Wizard of Oz! Foxe"With this Fore-Staff he fansies he does Wonders, when, God knows, it amounts to no more but only to solve that simple Question, Where are we? Which every chi'd in London can tell you." - Ned Ward The Wooden World Dissected, 1707ETFox.co.uk
Coastie04 Posted February 6, 2006 Posted February 6, 2006 I was somewhat intrigued by this find. Coastie She was bigger and faster when under full sail With a gale on the beam and the seas o'er the rail
JoshuaRed Posted February 6, 2006 Posted February 6, 2006 Interesting! Perhaps it was memoriam jewelry to remember a loved one, or maybe was intended to be buried with a deceased person? Or maybe just a jewelers reminder of mortality?
oderlesseye Posted February 6, 2006 Posted February 6, 2006 That hat has the looks of a shark had taken a bite out of it.... http://www.myspace.com/oderlesseyehttp://www.facebook....esseye?ref=nameHangin at Execution dock awaits. May yer Life be a long and joyous adventure in gettin there!As he was about to face the gallows there, the pirate is said to have tossed a sheaf of papers into the crowd, taunting his audience with these final words: "My treasure to he who can understand."
Fox Posted February 6, 2006 Author Posted February 6, 2006 Memento Mori were very popular in late 17th century Europe, that's almost certainly what the death's head fob is. But, it is a nice period representation of a skul and cross bones - the kind of thing to base the emblems on your flags on. :) Foxe"With this Fore-Staff he fansies he does Wonders, when, God knows, it amounts to no more but only to solve that simple Question, Where are we? Which every chi'd in London can tell you." - Ned Ward The Wooden World Dissected, 1707ETFox.co.uk
JoshuaRed Posted February 6, 2006 Posted February 6, 2006 Yeah, the nose shaped exactly like an upside-down heart was also very popular on the tombstones in the Colonies over here, and probably Europe as well. Just going by what I've seen firsthand in Salem, Boston, Virginia, etc...
Fox Posted February 25, 2006 Author Posted February 25, 2006 Here's a picture of a Dutch seaman from the 1680s wearing an almost identical hat and coat. Foxe"With this Fore-Staff he fansies he does Wonders, when, God knows, it amounts to no more but only to solve that simple Question, Where are we? Which every chi'd in London can tell you." - Ned Ward The Wooden World Dissected, 1707ETFox.co.uk
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