Conservation of a leather slow match pouch from Medmerry, West Sussex
Author(s): Eric Nordgren, Angela Middleton
This report summarises the conservation work of a slow match pouch. This object was found in the intertidal zone at Medmerry, West Sussex (NGR: SZ8187 94483) by Mr D Screech and will be deposited with the National Museum of the Royal Navy. A conservation assessment and details of conservation treatment undertaken, including vacuum freeze drying is followed by a description of the object. The report concludes by comparing the slow match pouch from Medmerry with a similar artefact from the first HMS Invincible.
- Report Number:
- 60/2018
- Series:
- Research Report
- Pages:
- 9
- Keywords:
- Conservation Leather
