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Earthenware mercury vessel, European.

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Maritime Start Price:240.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 450.00 USD
Earthenware mercury vessel, European.
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Earthenware mercury vessel, European. 876 grams, 7½" tall and 5" in diameter. A cone-shaped vessel with flat base and small hole in top (as made), used for storing mercury, this example fully intact and beautifully coated with oysters and other encrustation, also with debris rattling around inside, rare. Recovered from: Unidentified wreck sunk ca. 1450 off Indonesia.