19TH CENT, LIGNIUM VITAE DEADEYE & ATTACHED CABLE, AS-FOUND GRUNGE CONDITION (A)

Description

An unusual example of a mid-19th century deadeye from a ship's rigging with a section of the cable, rope-wound and tarred, still attached. The deadeye is lignum vitae, 5" in diameter. The 3/4" diameter cable stub is 8 1/4" long, plus the section that is fastened around the wood. The un-touched surface is as grungy as they come, obviously from serving on a hard-worked old vessel. One of two similar we are currently offering, along with other examples.
10TH CENT, LIGNIUM VITAE DEADEYE & ATTACHED CABLE, AS-FOUND GRUNGE CONDITION (A)
19TH CENT, LIGNIUM VITAE DEADEYE & ATTACHED CABLE, AS-FOUND GRUNGE CONDITION (A)
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Description
An unusual example of a mid-19th century deadeye from a ship's rigging with a section of the cable, rope-wound and tarred, still attached. The deadeye is lignum vitae, 5" in diameter. The 7/8" diameter cable stub is 8 1/4" long, plus the section that is fastened around the wood. The un-touched surface is as grungy as they come, obviously from serving on a hard-worked old vessel. One of two similar we are currently offering, along with other examples.
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Items can be returned within 30 days of sale, postage free for domestic sales, customer-paid shipping for international sales unless the item is shown to be not as described.
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