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LOT 2389
Shipwreck African Slave Trade Manilla Currency Bracelet from the Schooner Duoro
SUNK 1843 A.D.
2 3/8 in. (71 grams, 59 mm).
Penannular bracelet with trumpet-shaped flaring terminals. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the shipwrecked English Schooner 'Duoro', sunk off the Isles of Scilly in 1843.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
Accompanied by the original box and certificate from The Isles of Scilly Underwater Centre.
The ship wrecked in 1843 on a voyage from Liverpool to Oporto. Manillas were used as currency in the transatlantic trade in enslaved African people, where enslaved people were traded for between 10 and 60 manillas. Manillas are also known as okpogho, ejemma, igbiki and kpugi. They were sometimes worn in African communities as body decoration, such as along the coast between modern-day Liberia and Côte d’Ivoire. Europeans later produced manillas to trade for enslaved African people, and they became a form of currency. This currency was used in parts of West Africa until it was demonetised in 1948.
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LOT 2389
Shipwreck African Slave Trade Manilla Currency Bracelet from the Schooner Duoro
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Grand Tour Terracotta Oil Lamp
Circa 19th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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From an important German collection, 1970s onwards. -
Post Medieval 'My choice is my Delight' Decorated Gold Posy Ring
England, Norfolk, late 17th-early 18th century A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
D-shaped in cross-section, the exterior decorated along each edge with a sunken groove with counter-relief ovals set longitudinally, alternating with pairs of smaller ovals set transversely to the groove, resembling a dotted line, but with hints of classical bead-and-reel ornament; between the two, along the centre of the hoop, a shallowly sunken area filled with closely set counter-relief C-shapes; the interior with a neatly engraved inscription in lower-case italic lettering, reading 'My choice is my delight'; straightened. 1.83 grams, 16.01 mm overall, 14.05 mm internal diameter (approximate size British F, USA 2 3/4, Europe 3.67, Japan 3)
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) states: 'This precise posy (or motto) does not appear to have been yet recorded on the PAS database, although the variants In thy sight is my delight, In thee my choice I do rejoice and particularly I like my choice are well known. The subtle decoration of several concentric bands of geometric ornament on the outside of the hoop is also very unusual in a posy ring, but can perhaps be paralleled by LEIC-B3CF79, YORYM-B0EB9B and YORYM-2A5351 (all with inscriptions in capitals).' -
Post Medieval Glass Vessel Collection
Circa 19th-20th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
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with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983. Ex private North American collection. London private collection, 2016.
