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Treasure Auction 17  29-30 April 2015
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Lot 1463

Starting price: 750 USD
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Iron cannonball grenade with original powder intact (rendered inert and housed in a glass bottle), very rare. 1449 grams, 3-1/2" in diameter. A smooth iron ball with pit in side (as made) and hole containing the original wooden plug, the powder it used to contain also recovered, rendered inert and placed in a glass bottle, first time we have ever seen original powder offered with such a projectile, not to mention from a rare but known shipwreck provenance. With photo-certificate. Recoverede from: HMS Winchester, sunk in 1695 in the Florida Keys

Estimate: $750 - 1100
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