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LOT 2004
The 'Schooner Douro' Shipwreck Bronze Manilla Currency Bracelet
19TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/8 in. (88 grams, 60 mm).
Comprising a round-section penannular body and trumpet-shaped terminals; accompanying collector's handwritten note 'Schooner Douro trading from England > Puerto > Sudan (slaver) carrying manillas and beads, armoury and baled goods. Wrecked off Gt. Creberweshan Rock, Isles of Scilly 1943. All hands loss [sic].' [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the old private collection of a retired UK gentleman; his collection formed in the 1990s.
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LOT 2004
The 'Schooner Douro' Shipwreck Bronze Manilla Currency Bracelet
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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