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Top (lip and shoulders) of an immense earthenware urn with markings, ex-Maravillas (1656), ex-Meylach.48 lb, 26" in diameter and 11" tall.From what is probably the biggest "olive jar" ever seen, with an opening at top large enough (11" diameter) to receive practically anything that needed storing on board the ship, everything below the shoulder of the jar typically missing (probably broken into thousands of pieces), but what is there shows curious markings (one X and two arrow-like emblems) that referred to merchants and/or owners, with some hairline fractures but apparently stable and (if nothing else) held together by a thick coating of greenish gray coral encrustation inside, a very impressive display indeed. (Pickup in person only.)From the Maravillas (1656) and pedigreed to the Marty Meylach collection (our Auction 10, lot #1304), with Sedwick photo-certificate.Recovered from:Maravillas, sunk in 1656 off Grand Bahama Island

Estimate: 500-750 USD