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Ornate silver shaker (pounce box) from the 1715 Fleet.

Currency:USD Category:Artifacts / Shipwreck Artifacts Start Price:4,000.00 USD Estimated At:5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD
Ornate silver shaker (pounce box) from the 1715 Fleet.
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Ornate silver shaker (pounce box) from the 1715 Fleet. 313 grams, 2-3/4" cube. Unlike gold, very few shipwreck silver artifacts are solid enough to emerge from conservation as bright and beautiful and functional as they day they were made, but this is one of those rare relics, with every finely engraved detail in the (separate) lid and embossed design on the side intact and unblemished, just a tiny corner-chip in the lid and verdigris in one corner of the plain inside of the box, the lid designed with eighteen small holes in a floral pattern in a concave circle on the top for sprinkling a fine powder (pounce) over fresh manuscripts to prevent the ink from spreading. With Queens Jewels LLC photo-certificate #F040818 (tag #77225).