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Ladies' Handkerchiefs (2), Easton Trunk [157077]

Currency:USD Category:Artifacts / Shipwreck Artifacts Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 USD and UP
Ladies' Handkerchiefs (2), Easton Trunk [157077]
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130.00USD+ (26.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2022 Dec 03 @ 17:08UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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One pair of Adeline Easton's handkerchiefs recovered from the Easton trunk found at the S.S. Central America shipwreck. Both about 24 x 24 inches, but we did not fully unfold them after conservation. Material degraded, but mostly intact, with the major damage to the folded edges. One handkerchief has floral patterns including oak leaves and acorns. The original color may be intact and appears to have been a purple hue, oxidizing to black. The other handkerchief, clearly packed adjacent to the floral pattern piece, has the same roughly two-inch, parallel-line patterns around the edges as several of the other handkerchiefs, but a transfer from part of the floral pattern has been made to this piece. These handkerchiefs have not been "cleaned" and contain a significant amount of fine debris including newspaper bits, paper, and deep-ocean bottom sediment. Very fragile.

Date: 1857
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Provenance: SS Central America Collection