Thank you Ernst, nice stuff. I searched around based on your input. The Brueghel painting can be seen here, though not extremely detailed: http://museoprado.mcu.es/icuadro05_octubre_2003.html The barrel seems to be on the left side forefront, but the picture is not detailed enough to see any details...

To answer a few questions: True, I posted the same question on the M.A.I.L forum first, but after the lack of hard evidence, I thought I'd try my luck on this forum, as there seem to be quite a few knowledgeable people here. I heard from several sources about the use of barel shaped devices used to ...

Hi,
I'm desperately looking for historical illustrations of chain mail tumblers (those they made with barels to clean their chain mail).
I'd like to make a historically correct one myself (not a modern one out of a cement mixer).
Any lead will be appreciated !
Cheers,
Chris