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Ornate, long gold toothpick / earspoon, Spanish colonial (1600s-1700s).

Currency:USD Category:Artifacts / Non-wreck Artifacts Start Price:1,000.00 USD Estimated At:1,250.00 - 2,000.00 USD
Ornate, long gold toothpick / earspoon, Spanish colonial (1600s-1700s).
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Ornate, long gold toothpick / earspoon, Spanish colonial (1600s-1700s). 14.40 grams, 6-1/4" long. While "manicure sets" of multiple tools (see lot 1184 in this auction) were generally the rage, this piece incorporates two of the tools in one long piece, with small scoop at one end and pointed pick at the other end, crafted from a single piece of thin, flat gold, tapering to the pick end with wavy sides, one side ornately engraved toward the spoon end, first of its kind we have seen but characteristically correct for its time. From a Spanish colonial site in the southern Caribbean, with Forecastle Treasures photo-certificate.