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Shipwreck Large earthenware "olive" jar.

Currency:USD Category:Artifacts / Shipwreck Artifacts Start Price:1,000.00 USD Estimated At:1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD
Shipwreck Large earthenware  olive  jar.
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Large earthenware "olive" jar. 8690 grams, 20" tall, 11" in diameter, 4" lip. Akin to the amphorae of ancient times, "olive" jars (so named for either their shape or contents, or both) came in many shapes and sizes, this one a bit more elongated than most, with round bottom and typically thick rolled lip at top, with 3" hole in the shoulder that happened at the time of sinking or before, for the whitish encrustation on this piece covers it. With photo-certificate from the salvagers.Recovered from: Unidentified mid-1500s wreck off the Dominican Republic