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Top (lip and shoulders) of an immense earthenware urn, with markings.

Currency:USD Category:Artifacts / Shipwreck Artifacts Start Price:400.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 750.00 USD
Top (lip and shoulders) of an immense earthenware urn, with markings.
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Top (lip and shoulders) of an immense earthenware urn, with markings. 48 lb, 26" in diameter and 11" tall. This has to be the biggest "olive jar" we have ever seen, with an opening at top large enough (11" diameter) to receive practically anything that needed storing on board the ship, everything below the shoulder of the jar typically missing (probably broken into thousands of pieces) but what is there shows curious markings (one X and two arrow-like emblems) that referred to merchants and/or owners, some hairline fractures but apparently stable and (if nothing else) held together by a thick coating of greenish gray coral encrustation inside, a very impressive display indeed. (Fragile--pickup only.) Pedigreed to the Marty Meylach collection. Recovered from:Maravillas, sunk in 1656 off Grand Bahama Island