Watch List notes:

Early cast-iron ball-and-chain prisoner restraint, 1800s.20 lbs, 30" long, 5" diameter ball.Heavy and solid 18-pounder iron ball with as-made hole connected to eight forged-iron links and leg shackle at end (used with a padlock), all with rust-brown age-toned patina and in good condition. From the bottom of the James River (Virginia) near a wharf site dating to colonial times through the Civil War. With photo-certificate
($200-300)