Capturing the Materiality of the Prize Papers: a set of 19th-century textile samples from Canton and Batavia as a case study

捕捉获奖论文的重要性：以来自广州和巴达维亚的一组 19 世纪纺织品样本作为案例研究

• 批准号: AH/W011573/1
• 负责人: Lucia Pereira-Pardo
• 金额: $ 3.68万
• 依托单位: National Archives
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FW011573%2F1
• 关键词: Capturing; Materiality; Prize; Papers; set

The Prize Papers are a vast, unique and serendipitous collection held by The National Archives (TNA): time-capsules of daily life in the Early Modern period referencing people from diverse social and cultural backgrounds across the globe. The collection is the result of prize-taking (or the legal capturing of enemy ships) by English privateers and warships during the various European wars between 1652 and 1815. To claim a legal capture and distinguish themselves from mere pirates, seafarers had to confiscate every scrap of paper aboard and take it to the High Court of Admiralty in London, which over the centuries accumulated a huge archive of undelivered letters, trade and maritime documents, colonial administration papers, notebooks and travel journals. Furthermore, the collection holds a range of artefacts, including small objects enclosed in letters (jewellery, buttons, ribbons, embroidered fabrics) which offer a unique opportunity for materiality research and public engagement.We propose a project that uses TNA's CapCo-funded equipment to develop innovative ways of analysing the material make-up of objects in the Prize Papers collection, to better understand their production and use and to support their conservation and preservation. Critically, we propose approaching this task through engagement with communities with a connection to the cultural origins of the objects under investigation.The project will focus on a captivating object as a case study: the wallet of Jan Bekker Teerlink, the supercargo on the Prussian ship Henriette returning from China to Europe with a cargo of tea, which was captured en route off the Dutch coast on 31 May 1803. The contents of his wallet include notes in Dutch and Chinese, a lock of dark hair, seeds from South Africa and a set of vividly dyed samples of Chinese silk and Indian chintz. Researchers in Heritage Science and Conservation will develop, test and apply non/micro-invasive methods to analyse the textile samples using the analytical and imaging suite that include CapCo-funded instruments (TNA's multispectral imaging system and Raman microscope, Victoria and Albert Museum's (VAM) Hirox 3D digital microscope). With the support and expertise of our partner network, we hope to gain insight into the production context of the textiles, the condition of the substrate and dyes, and their vulnerability to light and other environmental factors. Comparative studies of the patterns and materials of Chinese and Indian garments from the same period held in other collections (such as the VAM) will follow, in an attempt to contextualise the fabric samples found in the Prize Papers. The project will also consolidate beneficial collaborations between TNA and researchers developing new methods for the micro or non-invasive analysis of textile dyes at Nottingham Trent University and the University of Milan, who are keen to apply their developments beyond mock-up samples in laboratory conditions, optimising them for historic samples.An integral part of every stage of the research will be an ongoing comprehensive public engagement programme: from community-sourcing translators for the documents in the wallet, learning from Chinese and Indian communities in the UK about their understanding of their histories and including their knowledge of the tradition of textile making in Asia, to hands-on textile dyeing and printing workshops for families in those communities and a Maker in Residence programme.

获奖论文是由国家档案馆(TNA)收藏的庞大、独特和偶然的藏品：现代早期日常生活的时间胶囊，涉及来自全球不同社会和文化背景的人。这些藏品是在1652年至1815年的各种欧洲战争期间，英国私船和军舰夺取战利品(或合法扣押敌舰)的结果。为了声称合法捕获，并将自己与纯粹的海盗区分开来，海员们不得不没收船上的每一张纸，并将其带到伦敦的高等海事法院。几个世纪以来，该法院积累了大量未递送的信件、贸易和海事文件、殖民政府文件、笔记本和旅行日记。此外，该收藏收藏了一系列文物，包括用字母包裹的小物品(珠宝、纽扣、丝带、刺绣面料)，这为实质性研究和公共活动提供了一个独特的机会。我们提出了一个项目，利用TNA CapCo资助的设备开发一种创新的方法来分析获奖论文收藏中物品的材料构成，以更好地了解它们的生产和使用，并支持它们的保护和保存。重要的是，我们建议通过与调查对象的文化起源有关的社区来处理这项任务。该项目将专注于一个引人入胜的对象作为案例研究：Jan Bekker Teerlink的钱包，这是从中国返回欧洲的普鲁士船Henriette上的超级货物，载着一批茶叶，于1803年5月31日在荷兰海岸外的途中被捕获。他的钱包里有荷兰语和汉语的纸币，一缕深色的头发，南非的种子，以及一套染色生动的中国丝绸和印度印花棉布样品。遗产科学和保护的研究人员将开发、测试和应用非/微侵入性方法，使用分析和成像套件来分析纺织品样本，其中包括CapCo资助的仪器(TNA的多光谱成像系统和拉曼显微镜、维多利亚和阿尔伯特博物馆(VAM)的Hirox 3D数字显微镜)。在我们合作伙伴网络的支持和专业知识的支持下，我们希望深入了解纺织品的生产环境、基材和染料的状况，以及它们对光和其他环境因素的脆弱性。随后将对其他藏品(如VAM)中同一时期的中国和印度服装的图案和面料进行比较研究，试图将获奖论文中发现的面料样本联系起来。该项目还将巩固TNA与诺丁汉特伦特大学和米兰大学的研究人员之间的有益合作，这些研究人员正在开发用于纺织品染料微观或非侵入性分析的新方法，这些研究人员热衷于将他们的开发应用于实验室条件下的模拟样品，优化它们以适应历史样品。研究的每个阶段都将是一个持续的全面公共参与计划：从社区外包翻译钱包中的文件，向在英国的中国和印度社区学习他们对自己历史的了解，以及他们对亚洲纺织制造传统的了解。到为这些社区的家庭举办的实际纺织印染讲习班，以及一个驻场制作人方案。