TREASURE AUCTION #5 by Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC

Brass oval box for sealing wax (three parts). 49 grams, about 3¼" x 2½". This lot consists of three separate parts, being one th...

Ivory lice comb (intact). 14.2 grams, 3-5/8" x 2". A flat, two-sided comb with fine teeth on both sides (incredibly complete, which is rar...

Small cigar scissors. 17.9 grams, roughly 3¼" x 1-5/8". Like a modern pair of scissors but much smaller and without the usual blades ...

Pre-Columbian "Tonalaware" clay vase. 7.8 grams, 1½" x ¾". A small vase with 4 rounded sides and bottom (looks like a ...

Pre-Columbian "Tonalaware" clay figurine (rabbit). 6.6 grams, 1½" x 1¼". Crude rabbit shape with short, stubby legs an...

Pre-Columbian "Tonalaware" clay figurine (bird). 3.5 grams, 1½" x 1-1/8". Recognizable as the shape of a water bird with lo...

Pre-Columbian "Tonalaware" clay bowl. 23.3 grams, 2½" in diameter and ¾" tall. A wide, shallow bowl with short, flared...

Pre-Columbian "Tonalaware" clay urn. 9.8 grams, 2" tall and 1-3/8" wide. With two curved handles connecting from the top of the ...

Pre-Columbian "Tonalaware" clay pitcher. 8.6 grams, 1-3/8" tall and ¾" in diameter. With wide, flared top and base and fat ...

Pre-Columbian "Tonalaware" clay cup. 4.5 grams, ¾" tall and 1" in diameter. Cute little teacup with small handle, dark oran...

Pre-Columbian "Tonalaware" clay pot. 8.4 grams, 1¼" in diameter and ¾" tall. A mini-cauldron without handle or base, s...

Pre-Columbian "Tonalaware" clay handled basket. 2.6 grams, 1" tall and ¾" in diameter. Basically a bowl with overarching ha...

Pre-Columbian (Mayan?) clay whistle. 16.5 grams, roughly 2" x 1" x ¾". Crude, somewhat triangular object with narrow slit in one...

Pre-Columbian clay llama figurine. 27.0 grams, roughly 2" x 2" x ¾". A full llama at rest with legs folded, its head upright and...

Pre-Columbian clay head, perfectly intact. 25.7 grams, roughly 1-7/8" x 1¼" x 1". A complete (albeit small) native head, with th...

Chinese brown soapstone figurine of a human and a frog, rare. 24.8 grams, roughly 2" x 1" x ½". A perfectly intact and beautiful...

Small, white, Chinese porcelain doglike figurine, probably rare. 15.1 grams, roughly 1½" x 1¼" x ¾". Glossy white porc...

Small, Chinese, brown soapstone buddha figure, probably rare. 13.5 grams, roughly 1¼" x 1" x ¾". Small figuring of a buddha...

Small, Chinese, black soapstone buddha, probably rare. 6.7 grams, roughly 1¼" x ¾" x ½". Small figurine of a buddha ly...

Large jade bead, rare. 30.8 grams, 1" in diameter. A large ball of beautiful green jade with hole in center for use as a bead, most of the surf...

Rare green-glass "tear jar," rare. 20.3 grams, 4" tall. With very tall, narrow neck with handle on side and wide, flat base, this odd...

Intact silver fork with important hallmarks on handle. 53 grams, 7¼" long. A very solid and perfectly intact fork with 4 sharp tines and s...

Small, silver-plated spoon. 14.0 grams, 5½" long. A nice little teaspoon that is fundamentally intact except for a cut and bend in part of...

Alabaster spoon fragment. 25.2 grams, about 3¼" x 1-5/8". Made from an opaque white stone known as alabaster (first we have seen from...

Brass spoon fragment. 18.4 grams, about 3" x 2". The broad, round, shallow bowl and piece of the handle of a large spoon, with gray and gr...

Brown clay pipe bowl and stem (2 pieces). 17.5 grams total, up to 3" long. Most of the historic clay pipes you see are a chalky white, but this...

Base-metal cufflink with blue-glass stones. 1.6 grams, 3/8" diameter each. A cute little cufflink made of black (encrusted) metal (possibly pew...

Small pewter buckle with encrustation. 3.5 grams, 7/8" x ¾". As buckles go, this one is very small and unadorned (rounded rectangular...

Large brass sailmaker's thimble in choice condition. 4.1 grams, 1" tall and ¾" in diameter. The brassy exterior of this large and...

Medium brass sailmaker's thimble, uncleaned. 2.8 grams, ¾" tall and ¾" in diameter. An average-sized thimble in perfectly in...

Lot of 2 small brass sailmaker's thimbles. 3.8 grams total, each ¾" tall and 5/8" in diameter. Two cute little thimbles, both per...

Clump of pins. 38.2 grams, roughly 2½" x 2" x ½". A section of several layers of pins laid in groups at right angles, all o...

Half of a bronze crotal bell in encrustation. 24.3 grams, approx. 2" x 1¼" x 1". Bottom half (slit part) of a spherical bell emb...

Conserved section of heavy, tarred rope. 282 grams, 6" long and 2½" in diameter. A very thick and solid chunk of tarred rope, dark an...

Lot of 2 bronze musketballs, rare. 63.8 grams total, each ¾" in diameter. In all our years of dealing in treasure artifacts we have never ...

Clump of lead musketballs and birdshot in encrustation. 84.0 grams, roughly 2" x 1¼" x 1". A thick orange "sea rock" o...

Lot of 5 lead musketballs. 150.3 grams total, ½" to ¾" each. Typical musketballs with varying degrees of fine encrustation. From...

Gun flint. 11.5 grams, 1½" x 1". A typical prism-cut stone for using in flintlock firearms, the exterior white but with a chip or two...

Large iron barshot, professionally conserved. 14 lb, 13" long and 4" max diameter. With both ends flat and the middle bar hexagonal in cro...

Bronze navigational dividers. 82 grams, 4" long. Very solid and intact except for the iron pin that holds the two interlocking arms together, n...

Brass candlestick holder. 556 grams, 4-7/8" in diameter. Cup-shaped base and 3" vertical section of a candlestick holder in very solid (we...

Framed set of artifacts (buckle, shoe sole and buttons). 940 grams, 20" x 8" x 1". A rectangular "shadow-box" frame with gl...

Encrusted scissors, broken and reglued. 142 grams, 4½" x 2¾". A wonderful artifact that is basically a white-coral cocoon of a s...

Bronze spout (from a shot bag or lamp?). 103 grams, about 3" x 3". This was consigned to us as being the top of an oil lamp, but more like...

Small brass spike. 19.6 grams, 2¼" long. A short, straight spike with distinct flat head and point at other end, very bright brass color a...

Large lead cloth seal with Tudor rose and British arms designs. 43 grams, 1-7/8" in diameter. This is one of the most detailed seals we have ev...

Lot of 8 glass beads, drops and stones. 9.6 grams, up to 1½" long. This lot contains two beads, one small and clear and spherical bead and...

Lot of 3 small, brass buckles. 26 grams total, each 1½" x 1¼". Three very crusty, small, rectangular buckles with some engraved ...

Lot of 2 large, ornate pewter buckles. 34 grams total, each 2-3/8" x 1-7/8". Both of these large, cleaned buckles are in perfect condition...

Lot of small glass/copper jewelry items. 3.8 grams total, about 1½" x 1" overall. The main part of this lot is a cruciform pendant (w...

Pair of gold filigree/emerald earrings. 11.5 grams total, each 2" x 1¼". One of the highlights of this sale, a pair of gold filigree ...

Chinese blue-on-white porcelain bowl, "scholar on bridge" pattern, in choice condition. 280 grams, about 2½" tall and 5¾&qu...

Lot of 5 pewter spoons. 142 grams total, each 7" long. Five uncleaned spoons, perfectly intact but coated with encrustation, should clean up ni...

Lot of 10 bronze buckles. 76 grams total, each about 1½" wide. Ten more or less rectangular buckles with some engraved design, uncleaned a...

Half-foot section of rope in perfect condition. 81.5 grams, 6" long and 1" in diameter. A thick, straight piece of rope, totally intact an...

Brass navigational dividers. 27 grams, 3" long. Fully intact but a little worn, consisting of two interlocking arms hinged at top, a recognizab...

Lot of brass navigational dividers and Paul Revere nail. 53 grams total, 2-5/8" to 3-5/8" each. While the dividers are traditionally the m...

Dutch flintlock pistol, professionally conserved and restored. 2 lb 2 oz, 15" long. Sometime in the 1990s a shipment of Dutch flintlock pistols...

Chinese blue-on-white porcelain "kendi" (pitcher). 544 grams, about 5½" tall and 5½" in diameter. Very ornate and beau...

Chinese blue-on-white porcelain rice bowl, grapevine design. 118 grams, 1¾" tall and 4¼" in diameter. Plain, almost green-gray i...

Chinese blue-on-white porcelain rice bowl, grapevine design. 127 grams, 1¾" tall and 4¼" in diameter. Plain white interior but v...

Chinese blue-on-white porcelain rice bowl, swirled design. 120 grams, 1¾" tall and 4¼" in diameter. Plain white interior but ext...

Chinese blue-on-white porcelain rice bowl, striped design. 129 grams, 1¾" tall and 4¼" in diameter. Plain grayish-white interior...

Chinese blue-on-white porcelain rice bowl, striped design. 127 grams, 1¾" tall and 4¼" in diameter. Plain white interior but pat...

Chinese blue-on-white porcelain rice bowl, crackled-circles design. 113 grams, 1¾" tall and 4¼" in diameter. Plain white interio...

Lot of 6 cuprous watch keys and fobs. 12.0 grams total, each about 1". Mostly oval (one round and one cross-shaped), most with cylindrical prot...

Lot of 6 cuprous watch keys and fobs. 15.9 grams total, each about 1". Mostly oval (one round and one club-shaped), most with cylindrical protr...

Lot of 6 cuprous watch keys and fobs. 12.0 grams total, each about 1". Mostly oval (one club-shaped and one cross-shaped), most with cylindrica...

Section of wood timber with plaque. 48 lb, 9" x 9" x 24". Visitors to Baltimore's Inner Harbor tourist area are familiar with the...

Large brass buckle. 34.8 grams, 2-3/8" x 1-7/8". A large and very hefty but unadorned rectangular buckle, its bright brass color pitted he...

Brass officer's buckle, S-shape, swan motif. 6.3 grams, 1½". Bright-brass S-buckle with heads of swans at each end, lightly encrusted ...

Engraved silver cufflink, octagonal shape. 4.5 grams, 1". A pair of small, flat buttons with floral engraving connected by oval loop, one of th...

Pewter personal seal with yellow-glass insert. 2.3 grams, ½". A small, oval button with design in yellow glass for pressing into wax, inta...

Lot of 3 large lead cannonballs(?). 539 grams total, 7/8" to 1-1-3/8" in diameter. These are odd items (2 small and one large), for they s...

Lot of 30 lead musketballs. 703 grams total, about ½" in diameter each. Typical balls in various sizes, identical to those from colonial w...

Lot of 2 small, brass nested-weight cups. 29.2 grams, about 1". The smaller one is solid and well encrusted, the larger one with open bottom an...

Clay pipe bowl. 12.4 grams, 1¾". Intact bowl and short part of stem, all white and clean, a very recognizable colonial-era artifact. Recov...

Lot of 3 bronze/pewter buckles. 34.7 grams total, about 1" to 2". Three different buckles for various purposes, all more or less intact. R...

Lot of 10 small bronze/pewter buttons. 38.6 grams, about ½" to 1" each. Mostly ornate in design, some with lettering, colors ranging ...

Lot of 3 bronze/pewter spigots. 234 grams, up to 2". All 3 intact and recognizable, probably all used to tap into barrels, nicely patinated. Re...

Lot of 8 bronze/pewter/lead seals and appliqués. 152.8 grams, up to 1½". Rather interesting lot featuring striking designs, including...

Lot of 13 brass/pewter furniture decorations and finials and other items. 224 grams total. A diverse lot of small items including a keyhole parts, fin

Large lot of copper and lead patches and scrap, spoon handle, spoon bowl, pull-ring, etc. 823 grams total. Sundry items, mostly lead sheathing and pat

Brass rapier handle. 172 grams, 5" long and 1" in diameter. Very brassy in color, with white and green encrustation, this object was the g...

Lot of 6 small bronze nails. 35.5 grams total, each about 1" to 2" long. Nice lot of short nails with flat, round heads and square shanks,...

Ornate brass trigger guard. 42 grams, about 6½" x 1½" x ¾". One of the largest and most ornate trigger-guards we have ...

Lot of 4 glass apothecary's pestles. 192 grams total, each about 2-3/8" to 4½" long. Four small, thick, clear-glass stirrers that...

Ornate rose-gold (14K) medallion of the Virgen de la Guadalupe, dated 1805. 5.5 grams, approx. 1¼" 7/8". A perfectly preserved and im...

Steel navigational dividers, professionally conserved. 39 grams, 4" long. Unlike earlier bronze versions, which generally had replaceable iron ...

Lot of 8 small pewter spoons. 159 grams total, each 5½" long. A matched set of 8 small but complete teaspoons, a couple just a little bent...

Lot of 6 large pewter spoons. 394 grams total, each 8½" long. A matching set of 6 large and complete spoons (the bowls just a little bent)...

Lot of 6 very small pewter spoons. 68 grams total, each 3-7/8" long. A matched set of 6 small sugar spoons, very simple in design with deep, ro...

Very long section of a large, bronze rudder-pin, coral-encrusted and bent into an oval shape. 22 lb, 5' 1" long, 1¼" in cross-sec...

Gold oval locket. 9.8 grams, about 1½" x 1". Plain gold locket (fineness unknown) with thin glass panels (but nothing else) inside, n...

Pair of large, low-grade gold earrings. 10.8 grams total, each about 2" x 1-1/8". As 19th-century "costume jewelry" these earrin...

Low-grade gold ring with green stone. 2.4 grams, about ¾" in diameter. A simple but intact ring with nice, dark-green glass stone in top, ...

Low-grade gold ring with red enamel. 5.2 grams, about ¾" in diameter. A wide, heavy band with three round panels at top, each containing t...

Low-grade gold ring with red stone and enamel. 1.7 grams, about ¾" in diameter. Thin, narrow band with lozenge-shaped top that is covered ...

Gold ring with socket for gemstone. 2.2 grams, ¾" to 7/8" in diameter. Small ladies' gold ring (fineness unknown) with ornate det...

Silver pocket watch with gold-plated trim. 49.8 grams, 1¾" in diameter. A thick, round watch that was oxidized and encrusted shut, the fob...