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LOT 2389

Shipwreck African Slave Trade Manilla Currency Bracelet Pair

19TH CENTURY A.D.

2 3/8 - 2 1/2 in. (150 grams total, 59-63 mm).

Group of two penannular round-section bracelets with clubbed ends. [2, No Reserve]

Provenance

From the shipwrecked English Schooner 'Douro' sunk off the Isles of Scilly in 1843.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.

Each accompanied by a copy of a certificate of authenticity from the Isles of Scilly Underwater Centre.

CONDITION

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LOT 2389

Shipwreck African Slave Trade Manilla Currency Bracelet Pair

Sold for (Inc. bp): £91

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