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Tounant, sunk in 1779 off Haiti

1493. Handled porcelain chamber-pot, intact and partially
encrusted. 1010 grams, 8” in diameter and 5’ tall. A piece that is way
lovelier than its use (as a toilet) suggests, with bluish-white color
under glaze, about half covered with light encrustation, plain base,
minor chips and cracks and crazing but solid and stable. Estimate:
$300-$450.

“1810 wreck” off Ft. Pierce, Florida

1494. Green-glass bottle and silver coin (Mexico bust 8R 1799FM,
mounted in 14K gold pendant-bezel), both with original photo-cer-
tificates. The bottle 466 grams and 9-1/4” tall, the mounted coin 25.75 grams. Clean
an undamaged bottle (just a little worn and encrusted) with rolled lip and shallow
pontil, accompanied by a typically corroded but readable bust 8R that was fitted into
a stock mount with loop for wear as a pendant. With photo-certificates (coin #22194).
Estimate: $200-$300.

1495. French gold pocket-watch remnants marked with “Ami
Melly / A Paris,” rare. 41.92 grams, about 1-1/2” in diameter. This item
consists of the entire gold case and many small pieces of the watch’s brass
innards (one engraved with maker’s name, Amy Melly, a known Parisian
watchmaker in the late 1700s), obviously impossible to restore but inter-
esting for display. With Salvors, Inc. (Mel Fisher) photo-certificate #10113.
Estimate: $150-$225.

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