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LOT 2549
Slave Trade Iron Chained Ankle Shackles
18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
25 5/8 in. (1.87 kg, 65 cm long).
With chain of thick twisted links, sliding latch mechanism to one fetter. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
From the private collection of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2549
Slave Trade Iron Chained Ankle Shackles
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
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