Leather tankard 0.568 litre (pint)

100.00

Height of tankard: 16.5 cm
Base diameter: 8.5 cm
Width with handle: 13 cm

Leather crockery was widespread during antiquity and the Middle Ages, but hardly any artefacts have survived to this day.
It was particularly common in England, where local crockery was crude and heavy, and transporting quality glass and faience mugs from Europe was expensive and irregular.
Thus, in households and pubs, as well as in travel and hunting, leather crockery took its rightful place.

The common name for these leather English mugs is TANCARD, which translates as ‘tall beer mug’. Such mugs are unbreakable, do not leave splinters and are light in weight.

Peculiarities of production of medieval tall beer mugs:
– A special two-needle hand-sewn ”back to back stitch’ is used to stitch together the walls and then the bottom. The holes for the seam are not punched through, but at an angle, coming out at the end of the leather. Thus there are no holes or threads inside the mug. This butt joint provides a better seal.
– Soaking the blank with pre-melted beeswax. Creating an extra wax bulb inside.
– Waxed linen thread gives very strong seams which do not split or warp.
– Polishing all the ends of the product and coating the surface with a finishing protective agent.
– The product is fully functional and watertight.

Any cold drink may be poured inside.

Video of making HERE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTElTXCQu9A

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Height of tankard: 16.5 cm
Base diameter: 8.5 cm
Width with handle: 13 cm

Leather crockery was widespread during antiquity and the Middle Ages, but hardly any artefacts have survived to this day.
It was particularly common in England, where local crockery was crude and heavy, and transporting quality glass and faience mugs from Europe was expensive and irregular.
Thus, in households and pubs, as well as in travel and hunting, leather crockery took its rightful place.

The common name for these leather English mugs is TANCARD, which translates as ‘tall beer mug’. Such mugs are unbreakable, do not leave splinters and are light in weight.

Peculiarities of production of medieval tall beer mugs:
– A special two-needle hand-sewn ”back to back stitch’ is used to stitch together the walls and then the bottom. The holes for the seam are not punched through, but at an angle, coming out at the end of the leather. Thus there are no holes or threads inside the mug. This butt joint provides a better seal.
– Soaking the blank with pre-melted beeswax. Creating an extra wax bulb inside.
– Waxed linen thread gives very strong seams which do not split or warp.
– Polishing all the ends of the product and coating the surface with a finishing protective agent.
– The product is fully functional and watertight.

Any cold drink may be poured inside.

Video of making HERE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTElTXCQu9A

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