Friday, November 14, 2008

























By the way, since this drawing has caused a bit of commotion at Academia de Marinha, I'll post it here, although it might precede this wreck by 100 years. Notice the way both the foremast and the mizzen mast have a calcês on top of them. 

This is a reconstitution made from the Malaga ship bowl of the Victoria and Albert Museum, produced at the beginning of the 15th century in Málaga, Spain, by craftsmen using the lustreware technique invented in Iraq in the 9th century. Much of the lusterware produced in Málaga was exported to cities from London to Cairo, and the bowl may have been intended for a Portuguese client, as it shows a long-haul sailing ship with the arms of Christian-ruled Portugal.

Does any one know at about what time did a calcês went out of business? Mid-17th century?