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LOT 2049
'Nuestra Senora de la Luz' Shipwreck Terracotta Vessel
SUNK 1752 A.D.
9 1/2 in. (1.08 kg, 24.2 cm).
With flared body and domed shoulder, narrow neck with gussetted rim, old collector's inventory label to underside '7'; rim chipped. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Salvaged by Ruben Collado Amatriain in 1992.
Accompanied by original signed declarations in both English and Spanish from Ms Mariana Faine Collado, daughter of Mr Ruben Collado Amatriain.
Published
Exhibited at the museum 'Museo de los Naufragios y Tesoros' in Punta del Este, Uruguay, from 2003-2004 and then in Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay until 2005.
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