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LOT 2044
The Royal Navy's First Invincible Shipwreck Iron Caulking Tool
1758 A.D.
6 5/8 in. (347 grams, 17 cm).
Comprising a triangular splayed blade with chiselled edge, columnar shank and broad striking face above. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey, one of the global authorities on the confederate army in the US civil war; thence by descent to his grandson.
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LOT 2044
The Royal Navy's First Invincible Shipwreck Iron Caulking Tool
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
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