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Brass marlinspike, early Spanish colonial (1500s).

Currency:USD Category:Artifacts Start Price:40.00 USD Estimated At:50.00 - 75.00 USD
Brass marlinspike, early Spanish colonial (1500s).
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This item SOLD at 2010 Oct 23 @ 16:10UTC-4 : AST/EDT
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Brass marlinspike, early Spanish colonial (1500s). 45.5 grams, 4-1/2" long. At first this looks like a key, with 3-holed handle-end, but the other end terminates in a sharp point, which was used to splice and de-knot ropes, some brassy color and bright patina. From a colonial site in the southern Caribbean.