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Large, ornate silver picture frame.

Currency:USD Category:Antiques Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 150.00 USD
Large, ornate silver picture frame.
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All items are genuine unless noted. Most shipwreck coins and artifacts come with a certificate of authenticity (please check the description for each item).
Large, ornate silver picture frame. 410 grams, 10" x 12". A generous gift presented (according to the inscription on the backplate) to "Mrs. MACKICHAN FROM WOMEN STUDENTS 1917 WILSON COLLEGE," probably once containing a photo of the students but now just the scrollwork frame and backplate (crafted into the design of a vine-like tree studded with birds and flowers), fully intact (just a little bent) and wonderfully pedigreed, rare as an artifact from a World War I ocean-liner sunk on her way back from Bombay, India, by a German U-Boat on April 28, 1917. Recovered from: S.S. Medina, sunk in 1917 off Devon, England. Pedigreed to the Sotheby's (Billingshurst) auction of May 26, 1988, with lot tag #142, certificate #275, and antique postcard showing the ship.