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Very long section of a large, bronze rudder-pin, coral-encrusted and bent into an oval shape.

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Maritime Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:350.00 - 500.00 USD
Very long section of a large, bronze rudder-pin, coral-encrusted and bent into an oval shape.
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Very long section of a large, bronze rudder-pin, coral-encrusted and bent into an oval shape. 22 lb, 5' 1" long, 1¼" in cross-section. This is by far the largest ship's fastener we have ever offered, clearly once part of a huge ship, presumably straight when installed but now bent into a more or less oval shape, with lovely bright-white coral encrustation over at least ¾ of its surface, the exposed end flat and flared for receiving hammer blows to pin the rudder to the ship. Recovered from: Unidentified wreck sunk in the 1800s.