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.

CONDITION

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LOT 2044