TREASURE AUCTION #5 by Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC

Lot of broken glass items (mostly drinking goblets). 95 grams total, up to 3" each. Two round bases and 3 smaller pieces, some with white strip...

Lot of 6 lead seals and other small lead pieces. 100 grams total, about ½" to 2" each. Mostly these are round seals from bolts of clo...

Lot of 2 pewter religious items. 14.1 and 8.0 grams. Probably parts of a medallion and a crucifix, one with Madonna and child design and the other a c

Lot of many copper needles, pins, tacks and shoe-string tips known as aglets. 28.7 grams total. Mostly flat-head tacks and sphere-head pins, but also

Lot of small brass/bronze buttons and lead button-backs. 90 grams total. The 17 small, spherical buttons in this lot are largely intact (some coated w

Lot of silvered mirror pieces. 98 grams total, about 1" to 3" each. To make mirrors in colonial days, sheets of copper were coated with a ...

Lot of 2 bronze pestle pieces. 650 grams total, up to 5½". Most of a heavy bronze pestle (for crushing and mixing food and medicine) plus ...

Lot of 6 large, ornamental nails. 69 grams total, each about 1½" tall and 1" in diameter. Probably studs on chests or other wooden fu...

Lot of 4 brass scabbard tips. 64 grams total, 1¼" to 2¼" each. Each of these items is flat and rounded at one end, with narrow s...

Lot of 7 brass thimbles. 23 grams total, ½" to ¾" long. Seven intact thimbles, dark-brown copper in color, one patinated, all bu...

Lot of 4 small bells. 58 grams total, ¾" to 1¾" each. Three crotal bells (spherical with slit in bottom) of various size plus on...

Lot of 11 bronze buckles. 78 grams total. Many different sizes and designs, all more or less intact and patinated. Found in a Spanish colonial area in

Lot of 12 small gilded-bronze items. 112 grams total. Mostly rectangular slides, plus one ornate scabbard tip and other items, almost all with at leas

Bronze scoop. 72 grams, 6¾" x 2-3/8". This looks just like a modern shoe-horn but was probably some kind of long scoop with rolled en...

Lot of 2 unidentified bronze tools (drill bit and nail remover?). 58 grams total, each about 3" long. One of the items in this lot appears to b...

Lot of 8 miscellaneous bronze items, including a key and large latch. 158 grams total, up to 5". A hodge-podge of items, some identifiable, som...

Lot of 10 miscellaneous bronze items, including a spur and a hinged latch. 102 grams total, up to 3". A hodge-podge of items, some identifiable...

Lot of 2 small bronze pendants. 20 grams total, each about 1¾". Two coppery fobs with loops at top and slits in bottom, exact purpose unkn...

Lot of 7 bronze equestrian bridle rings. 221 grams total, diameters of 1¾" to 2-1/8" each. Plain, perfectly round rings, all nicely p...

Lot of 3 iron muleshoes and many nails. 676 grams total, the shoes up to 5". Three wide, flat muleshoes and 28 large nails, all rusty but stabl...

Iron dagger blade. 144 grams, 13" long and ¾" wide. Rusty but solid, a double-sided blade and rectangular tang of classic design with...

Iron dagger blade. 202 grams, 12" long. Doubled-sided blade with ridge in center, round tang, rusty all over but stable, no discernible marking...

Lot of 2 iron dagger pommels. 509 grams total, each about 2½" long and 1¼" in diameter. Two heavy pommels of different designs (...

Lot of 2 iron dagger pommels. 612 grams total, each about 2½" long and 1¼" in diameter. Two heavy pommels of different designs (...

Large iron shears. 361 grams total, 10½" long. An absolutely huge pair of scissors, rusted shut but all there and fully stabilized (black)...

Iron axe-head. 646 grams, 5½" x 3-5/8". Heavy axe-head, a bit corroded but stabilized, curiously crafted in one piece with a tapered ...

Lot of 2 iron chisels. 578 grams total, each about 7" long. Two large chisels with one end flat and the other (round) end blunt, both rusty but...

Lot of 2 iron tools (hammer and pick). 558 grams, 4½" and 7" long. Two complete tools, one a short-handled hammer with nail-puller op...

Lot of 2 iron tools (hammerhead and screwdriver?). 228 grams total, about 4" and 7" long. Two miscellaneous iron tools, rusty but solid, t...

Lot of 12 iron spikes. 810 grams total, up to 9" long. Twelve nails of various sizes, all but the largest one square-shanked, all corroded but ...

Iron lock and key. 224 grams total, about 2½" each. Rectangular padlock with non-matching key, both rusted but stable (conserved) and heav...

Iron lock and key. 152 grams total, about 2½" each. Rectangular padlock with non-matching key, both rusted but stable (conserved) and heav...

Iron lock and key. 154 grams total, about 2". Spherical padlock with non-matching key, both rusted but stable (conserved) and heavy. Found in a...

Lot of 6 iron keys. 219 grams total, 3" to 3½" each. Six rusty but completely intact and conserved small keys of classic design, each...

Lot of 6 miscellaneous iron pieces. 372 grams total, up to 5½" long. Six unidentified items, all rusty but conserved, various shapes and s...

Silver and chonta-wood cross, Spanish Colonial, 1750, very rare. 47.5 grams, 6" x 3¼". A large wooden cross with small silver Christ ...

Silver cross, Spanish colonial, probably late 1700s. 26.4 grams, 3" x 1¾". Two-piece crucifix (Christ figure and flat cross) with min...

Candle holder (Mexican? 1800s?) made from 33 small silver cobs. 169.6 grams, 4" tall and 1½" in diameter. This crazy item consists of...

Large gold crucifix, 1800s, Brazilian/Portuguese. 52.6 grams, 5" x 2". A large and very ornate pendant depicting Christ on a cross with su...

Pair of gold/gemstone earrings, ca. 1880, Portuguese. 7.0 grams total, each 1½" x ½". Ornate pair of earrings, each with tiny re...

Large bronze signal cannon, Spanish colonial, 1600s. 6½ lb, 4" tall, 3½" in diameter. Short, crude, flat-bottomed cannons like t...

Small bronze signal cannon, Spanish colonial, 1600s. 3 lb, 3" tall, 2½" in diameter. Short, crude, flat-bottomed cannons like this on...

Very small bronze signal cannon cast with nail, Spanish colonial, 1600s. 1 lb 6 oz, 2¾" tall and 2" in diameter. Short, crude, flat-b...

Shell-guard cutlass, German, ca. 1680, rare. Nearly 3 lb, 30" long. This is the exact type of sword most favored by pirates, with wide, curved ...

Iron musketball pliers (mold), probably British, ca. 1680. 71 grams, 4" long. The ubiquitous lead musketball was usually molded by a device suc...

Iron pistol-ball pliers (smaller and rarer than musketball pliers), probably British, ca. 1680. 52.8 grams, 4¾" long. A pair of pliers for...

Bronze swivel cannon, Dutch, ca. 1750, with Amsterdam mark, mounted on custom wooden stand made from 18th-century hand-carved mahogany. 158 lb, 32&q...

Spanish iron/wood cannon-jack, dated(?) 1787. 20 lb, 21½" x 6½". An impressive mechanical item, very heavy, with handle-operated...

French flintlock "traveler's pistol" (pistolet de voyage), mid- to late 1700s. 1 lb, 8.4 oz, 12" long. A small and very well-pres...

Flintlock pistol, probably Greek, 1790s-early 1800s. 1 lb 8.6 oz, 16" long. A fully functional pistol with steel barrel and flintlock, brass tr...