Two rectangular lead sinkers, one with a pointed end. - Lot 50

Two rectangular lead sinkers, one with a pointed end. Pierced at one end. 24.2 x 4 x 2.3 cm - 46 x 7 x 1.2 cm. Provenance : Wreck of the 70-gun vessel "HMS Eagle", wrecked with three other vessels, including the flagship "HMS Association", off the coast of the Isles of Scilly on October 22, 1707, during the fleet's return to Portsmouth. Public auction "Four centuries of treasure" at W.H. LANE & Son, Nov. 24, 1977, lots 602 and 604 (Catalogue enclosed). ATTACHED: * "Milking" glassware of probably English manufacture, including three pierced and faceted pirouettes in cobalt-blue glass and a long pierced and faceted cylinder in white glass. Chips and a few chips. * 3 iron or brass rifle or pistol back plates. Oxidized. * A few spherical lead bullets. Provenance: Wreck of the 200-ton English schooner brig "DUORO", wrecked off the coast of the Scilly Isles on January 27, 1843. Sold at public auction in Penzance on September 26, 1975. * Three African "trade" shackles in copper alloy with green-black patina, oxidized or partially corroded with deposits. Width: 6 cm. Provenance of the shackle with excavation patina: Wreck of the 200-ton English schooner brig "DUORO", wrecked off the coast of the Scilly Isles on January 27, 1843. Sold at public auction in Penzance on September 26, 1975. * Article by Jean-Hilippe MALICE on objects linked to the Western slave trade, "Quand les phares étaient carrés" ("When lighthouses were square").