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Small silver-wire cage, possibly for housing crickets, fully intact and functional.

Currency:USD Category:Artifacts / Shipwreck Artifacts Start Price:800.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD
Small silver-wire cage, possibly for housing crickets, fully intact and functional.
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Small silver-wire cage, possibly for housing crickets, fully intact and functional. 69.66 grams, 6-3/4" tall. A dainty little piece consisting of two filigree-wire tubes of different diameters, smaller on top, crested with ornament and flag (showing a five-petal flower) and with four-leg-on-base stand at bottom, remarkably intact (the silver lightly patinated) and with hinged door on side of large tube still fully functional. The only question is what it was used for, and the closest we can come to an answer is "cricket cage," which is consistent with its eastern filigree style. Recovered from: Unidentified 1740s wreck north of Haiti