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Lot of 2 wooden powder-keg ends with complete leather ladies shoe sole with heel.

Currency:USD Category:Artifacts / Shipwreck Artifacts Start Price:30.00 USD Estimated At:35.00 - 50.00 USD
Lot of 2 wooden powder-keg ends with complete leather ladies shoe sole with heel.
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Lot of 2 wooden powder-keg ends with complete leather ladies shoe sole with heel. Wood pieces 156.4 grams total and 5-1/2" to 6-3/4" in diameter; sole 56.4 grams and 7-3/4" long. In 1982, on a lower-Manhattan property owned by the eponymous Howard Ronson, the remains of a mid-18th century British frigate were found and excavated, in effect the only known British trading vessel from that era ever to be salvaged in North America. Its muddy tomb under New York City preserved leather and wood items like the ones in this lot that normally would disintegrate in the salt water. The shoe sole in particular is in remarkably intact condition, with the full heel and even the stitching present. Perhaps worth more archeologically than as collector's items, but we'll let everyone fight over them anyway! From the "Ronson wreck," sunk (?) ca. 1750 off Manhattan (New York City).