TREASURE AUCTION #6: Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC

Lot of 3 gold beads and piece of coiled gold wire. 1.0 gram, the beads about 3/16" in diameter. Plain spherical beads and simple, stretched-out...

Ornate silver thimble. 5.9 grams, 3/4" tall and 5/8" in diameter. This must have been the Cadillac of thimbles, common artifacts of the ti...

Lot of 5 bronze thimbles. 27.0 grams total, each about 3/4" in diameter and 1/2" to 1" tall. The more common kind of thimble in bronz...

Lot of 3 ornate, bronze, filigree beads (plus half of another) with blue enamel. 40 grams total, each about 3/4" in diameter. Three ornate, sph...

Glass-bead necklace. 40 grams total, about 14" long. Mostly thin, tubular beads in vivid light-blue color, the remaining beads in a variety of ...

Glass-bead necklace. 15 grams total, about 18" long. A wealth of small, mostly dark blue beads strung together with some multi-color zigzags an...

Large bronze medallion depicting battle scene (Granada?). 52.6 grams, 2-1/2" in diameter. Very ornate object of unknown purpose, with convex ce...

Copper-alloy Nuremburg counting jeton. 1.4 grams, 1" in diameter. Thin token with 4 fleur-de-lis in a diamond shape on one side, ship on other ...

Small, Italian lead seal with Latin lettering. 1.5 grams, about 1" in diameter. Very thin seal, dark but with light encrustation, crudely holed...

Ornate ivory or bone toothpick. 2.4 grams, 3-3/4" long. Straight stick of whitish material with one end needle sharp and the other end flat (fo...

Ivory or bone gaming die. 0.6 gram, 1/4" to a side. This is an exact match with lot #1528 in our last sale (which sold for $85 + 15%), a tiny c...

Lot of 8 small pieces of ornately carved ebony. 5.8 grams total, 1/4" to 3/4" each. Buttons and beads and little ornaments hand-carved fro...

Very rare complete set of bronze nested weights with lid and case. 880 grams total, 2" tall and 2-1/2" in diameter. A complete and well-ma...

Lot of 2 large, brass balance-scale pans (bowls). 404 grams total, each about 2-1/4" tall and 7-1/4" in diameter. Two large bowls, each wi...

Lot of 7 bronze coin weights. 78 grams total, 1/2" to 1" each. Seven small, thick disks marked with circular stamps on one side to show th...

Lot of 7 small, gilt-bronze buttons. 25.3 grams, each about 3/8" in diameter. Spherical buttons in shiny gold with some design, the surfaces so...

Small clay whistle. 9.6 grams, 1-1/2" long and 3/4" in diameter. Chalky, whitish cylinder with holes in top and one end, light brown encru...

Earthenware olive jar neck with merchant symbols. 115.4 grams, 1-3/4" tall and 4-1/4" in diameter. A typical round neck but atypically wit...

Earthenware olive jar neck with merchant symbols. 212.5 grams, 1-3/4" tall and 4" in diameter. A typical round neck but atypically with bo...

Earthenware olive jar neck with merchant symbols. 108.7 grams, 1-3/4" tall and 4" in diameter. Typical neck boldly stamped with crosshatch...

Spanish majolica plate, broken and partially repaired. 204 grams, about 7" in diameter and 1-1/4" tall. Small plate with 1/2" deep bo...

Bronze keyhole and ornate cover. 8.7 grams, 1-1/2" in diameter and 1/4" thick. Plain, flat keyhole attached to roundish piece of similar d...

Set of 5 iron tools, including 1 hammer, 1 chisel, 1 long drill and 2 different sizes of axes. 1060 grams total, lengths of 4-1/2" to 14" ...

Large iron shears. 572 grams, 11" long. A massive pair of scissors with both handles and all but the tip of one blade intact, very simple in de...

Lot of 1 iron padlock and 3 iron keys. 243 grams total. Typical triangular lock (also see lot #1687 from the Atocha) and 3 small keys for similar lock

Lot of 1 iron padlock and 3 iron keys. 320 grams total. Typical triangular lock (also see lot #1687 from the Atocha) and 3 small keys for similar lock

Section of 3 links of iron chain. 520 grams, 14" long. Three big figure-8 links chained together, all rusty and encrusted but solid and stable....

Lot of 12 bronze equestrian bridle rings of various sizes. 292 grams total. Simple O-rings ranging in diameter from 1" to 2-1/4", one curi...

Iron sword blade with blunted tip. 380 grams, 17-1/2" long. Obviously a sword blade, with rectangular ricasso and tapering tang, but the blunte...

Lot of 5 iron cannonballs of different sizes. 182-920 grams each, diameters of 1-1/4" to 2-1/4". Five very solid and intact balls, but all...

Small iron cannonball coated in lead. 419 grams, 2" in diameter. Very odd little ball with rusty iron peeking out of a T-shaped breach of the t...

Bronze "barbell" shot, rare. 41.8 grams, 2-1/2" long. Just like lot #1739 in this sale from the 1715 Fleet but in bronze instead of l...

Lot of 9 lead musketballs. 156 grams, diameters of 1/4" to 1/2" each. Standard-issue balls in normal condition (dusty gray), cheap but pop...

Bronze Jew's harp. 12 grams, 2" long. A small, personal musical instrument (like a 17th-century harmonica) that looks somewhat like a pair ...

Lead textile seal dated 1619. 10 grams, about 3/4" in diameter. Two sides with connecting ribbon, the "obverse" showing (ME)DIA above...

Lead textile seal dated 1624. 8.0 grams, about 3/4" in diameter. Two sides with connecting ribbon, the "obverse" showing (M)EDIA abov...

Lead textile seal dated 1640. 7.9 grams, about 3/4" in diameter. Bold two-part seal with thick oval designs in centers housing a lion on one si...

Lead textile seal dated 1663. 6.2 grams, about 3/4" in diameter. Small but boldly detailed one-sided seal with prongs on back, the design showi...

Black glass "case gin" bottle, English, early 1800s. 693 grams, 10-1/2" tall and 3-1/4" to a side. Beautifully preserved and per...

Lot of 2 clay smoking pipe bowls, 1600s-1800s. 17.7 and 12.8 grams, each 2" long. Very clean and white and intact, just missing the stems, popu...

Lot of 2 clay smoking pipe bowls, 1600s-1800s. 20.9 and 9.1 grams, each 2" long. One white and fat with no stem and chip in bowl, the other nar...

Lot of 2 clay smoking pipe bowls, 1600s-1800s. 17.0 and 12.9 grams, 1-1/2" to 1-3/4" long. The larger one bright white with gray residue i...

Bronze pilgrim's badge (Order of the Holy Sepulchre) from France, 13th-14th century AD, rare. 2.4 grams, 2" x 1-1/4". Like a stick-pin...

Bronze cross, probably French, 1600s. 3.2 grams, 1-3/4" x 1". Small, flat cross with Christ on front, Virgin Mary on back above CONCEPTION...

Bronze pilgrim's cross from Europe, 12th-13th century AD, scarce. 4.0 grams, 1-1/4" x 1". Small cross with large, oval-shaped holes in...

Spanish steel cuphilt rapier, ca. 1600. 2 lb, 38" long. Classic cuphilt design with lightly repaired cup, plain thick-wire crossbar and knuckle...

German steel shellguard cutlass (1600s) with Solingen maker's mark, very rare. 2-1/2 lb, 31" long. Very similar to the shellguard cutlass i...

Cuphilt steel cutlass, possibly Spanish colonial, ca. 1790. 2-1/4 lb, 35" long. Wide, curved blade and spartan cuphilt with knuckle-guard and p...

Midshipman's knife and scabbard, English, ca. 1810. 234 grams, 20" long. Long, thin, steel knife (sharp and intact, even with original shin...

Boarding hatchet, early American (1800s). 632 grams, 15" long, 6-1/4" wide. Simple 2-headed iron ax on a short, wooden handle, the blade e...

Flintlock pistol, English, ca. 1720 (Queen Anne period), with silver inlays and buttplate, marked and signed by maker Pierre Gandon (senior). 1 lb 8.8

Naval flintlock with steel belt clip, English, early 1700s, maker Pierre Gandon. 7 lb, 14" long. Large pistol with simple steel barrel and lock...

Flintlock blunderbuss, English (Ketland), ca. 1760. 6-1/2 lb, 30" long. A short-barreled, cannon-muzzled flintlock rifle in excellent condition...

Flintlock pistol, late 1700s, with old repair on grip. 3 lb, 16" long. Curious piece with old stitched-leather wrapping around handle to stabil...

Steel left-hand gauntlet, German, c. 1580-1620. 330 grams, about 10-1/2" long and 6" in diameter. Brightly polished steel (rusty inside) w...

Spanish steel cabasset (helmet), ca. 1600-1650. 3-3/4 lb, 7-1/2" tall and 8-10" in diameter. Hand-forged steel helmet of classic form with...

Indo-Persian kulah khud (spiked helmet), mid-1800s. 2-1/2 lb, 9-1/2" tall and 8" in diameter. A perfectly hemispherical bowl of a helmet w...

Medium-sized bronze signal cannon, Spanish colonial, 1600s. 3 lb 1 oz, 3" tall and 2-1/2" in diameter. Typically rustic but solid and inta...

Small bronze signal cannon, Spanish colonial, 1600s, bottom blown out. 801 grams, 3" tall and 2" in diameter. Thick tube with large hole i...

Small bronze signal cannon, Spanish colonial, 1600s, original touch-hole plugged. 644 grams, 2-1/2" tall and 2" in diameter. Crude and cop...

Small iron signal cannon. 1221 grams, 5-1/2" long and 2" in diameter. Very slender cannon with 7/8" bore in thick rim, wide (rimmed) ...

Lot of 2 miniature bronze cannons, English, 1650-1750. 16.4 and 12.6 grams, each about 2" long. Cute little cannons, possibly just toys but tec...

Large iron musketball pliers for small balls. 119 grams, 6-1/4" long. Fully functional and nicely toned steel color, the space for the musketba...

Small iron musketball pliers for large balls. 53 grams, 5" long. Perfectly intact with faint rusty color, the sprue hole for pouring in the lea...

Iron grapeshot ball with nail through it, 1600s-1700s. 61.4 grams, 2-1/4" long and 7/8" in diameter. We are at a loss to explain this item...

Bronze gunpowder spoon, 1600s-1700s. 14.8 grams, 2" long. Very cute little spoon with straight handle, used for scooping out and pouring small ...

Lot of 2 small shot (one iron grapeshot and one lead musketball on a stand), 1600s-1700s. Grapeshot 80.5 grams and 1" in diameter; musketball a...

Lot of 6 US Civil War lead bullets (two .69 caliber musketballs, two .52 caliber sharps carbine bullets, and two .58 caliber minie balls). 169.2 gram

Viking merchant's lead weight from Estonia, 10th-11th century AD, scarce. 26.8 grams, 3/4" in diameter. A crude, thick, flattened sphere in...

Viking bone pendant of a circular design and wolf-tooth pendant from Estonia, 10th-11th century AD, rare. Larger piece 7.2 grams and 3" long; s...

Viking iron knife and lead loom weight from Estonia, 10th-11th century AD. Knife 15.0 grams and 3-1/2" long; weight 34.2 grams and 1-1/8" ...

Viking bronze tweezers from Estonia, 10th-11th century AD. 4.6 grams, 2-1/2" long. A thin strap of heavily patinated bronze bent together to us...

Large piece of amber with insects inside from the Dominican Republic. 30 grams, about 2" x 1-1/2" x 3/4". A very translucent and bug-...

Large fragment of iron-nickel meteorite from Sikhote-Alin (Siberia), Russia. 113 grams, about 2" x 1-1/4" x 3/4". Dark gunmetal gray ...

Astrophyllite mineral from Siberia (Russia). 108 grams, about 3" x 2" x 1-1/4". A good-sized specimen of a scarce mineral found only ...

Charoite mineral from Siberia (Russia). 266 grams, about 4" x 2-1/4" x 1-3/4". Somewhat triangular and hefty hunk of a very rare purp...

Iron animal bell from France, 6th-7th century AD (late Celtic). 115 grams, about 3-1/2" x 2" x 2". Rectangular bell of typical design...

Earthenware jar (tinaja), 1540s, with mark near lip, rare and important provenance. 6 lb 6 oz, 14-1/4" tall and 8" in diameter. Small but ...

Earthenware handled jar, Spanish colonial, 1600s-1700s. 5 lb 2-1/2 oz, 12-1/4" tall and 7" in diameter. Tall vase with flat bottom and sho...

Silver Inca "tumi" knife, late 1500s, rare. 108 grams, about 6-1/2" x 5-1/2". This odd and important artifact consists of an ova...

Pair of silver survey sights, Peruvian, 1700s. 195 grams and 11-1/2" long, 89 grams and 8" long. Strange silver paddles with holes near ce...

Silver crucifix, Peruvian, 1700s. 47 grams, about 4-1/2" x 3". Large cross with Christ figure cast separately and pinned on, worn and nice...

Small, bronze navigational dividers, English, 1550-90, rare. 19.3 grams, 2-3/4" long. Perfectly intact, very dark in color, rare size (much sma...

English brass coin weight for gold double crown/half unite/11 shillings of James I (1603-25), rare. 5.0 grams, 5/8". Small, thick brass disk wi...

English brass coin weight for 21 shillings of George III (1760-1820). 8.3 grams, 3/4" in diameter. Thick brass disk with same design on both si...

Lot of 3 English brass coin weights, 1600s-1700s. 13.3 grams, 7/8"; 3.6 grams, 11/16"; and 2.3 grams, 5/8". Three corroded disks with...

Blue-on-white majolica shard in custom frame, 1600s. 59.8 grams, 4-3/4" x 3-1/2". A small (2" x 1-1/2") piece of thick, glazed e...

Pewter ship's whistle, 1500s-1600s. 19 grams, 1-3/4" long. Small, cylindrical whistle with hole at one end for wearing on a chain, chip in ...

Lot of 4 small, bronze, Spanish buttons, 1500s-1600s. 9.2 grams total, each about 1/4"-1/2" in diameter. Small, plain spheres with intact ...

Bronze buckle, English, 1600s. 7.9 grams, 2" x 1-3/4". Simple rectangular buckle, very thin and heavily patinated but intact. With certifi...

Lot of 2 pewter buttons, 1600s-1700s. 2.9 grams and 3/4" diameter; 2.0 grams and 5/8" diameter. Plain, flat, round buttons with back-loops...

Garment clasp made from 5 Spanish colonial milled minors. 28.7 grams, 7-1/2" long. Very odd item with clasp that looks like a pair of tongs end...

Lead textile seal, probably Spanish, 1500s-1600s. 2.8 grams, 3/4" in diameter. Bold and elegant castle between two pairs of what look to be Got...

Small clay smoking pipe, 1600s-1700s. 19.7 grams, 6-3/4" long. Beautiful intact pipe (all but the tip of the stem) with very small bowl that is...

Clay smoking pipe in shadow box, 1600s-1700s. 654 grams, 8" x 10" x 2". Intact (and normal-sized) pipe bowl and 2-1/2" of the st...

Bronze slave bracelet ("manilla"), 1700s-early 1800s. 128 grams, 3-1/4". Typically C-shaped torque with flat ends, deep brown color, ...

Black glass "onion" bottle, English, early 1700s, short. 1122 grams, 6" tall and 5-3/4" in diameter. Very short and flat onion w...

Black glass "onion" bottle, English, early 1700s, tall. 864 grams, 7" tall and 5-1/2" in diameter. A crudely lopsided onion with...

Black glass "onion" bottle, Dutch, 1720s-1750s. 621 grams, 8" tall and 5-1/2" in diameter. More common type of onion with long n...

Black glass ale bottle, English, 1820s-1840s, with pearlized surface. 671 grams, 9-1/2" tall and 3-1/2" in diameter. Common brownish-glass...