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Lot of two pewter-on-lead inkwells.

Currency:USD Category:Artifacts / Shipwreck Artifacts Start Price:350.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 750.00 USD
Lot of two pewter-on-lead inkwells.
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Lot of two pewter-on-lead inkwells. 1.2 kg total, each about 2" tall and 2-1/4" in diameter. Matching set, both heavy and hexagonal in shape with six exterior panels showing heads of a man and a woman, with little holes around top for nibs, one with lid crushed and fused into the cup, the other one with bits of copper on surface, both with whitish encrustation in crevices, nice for display. From the mid-1500s "Pewter Wreck," with Global Marine Exploration photo-certificate #PC0499. Recovered from: "Pewter Wreck," sunk in the mid-1500s off Santo Domingo