TREASURE, WORLD & U.S. COIN AUCTION #14

Lot of two small, lead-sheathed iron cannonballs. 1.35 kg total, diameters of 1-1/2" and 2-1/2". Before and instead of bronze, the use of...

Encrusted clump of 50(+/-) lead musketballs. 940 grams, roughly 3-1/2" x 3-1/2" x 2". Musketballs are common, no denying, but rarely...

Small bronze cannonball. 2.76 kg, 4" in diameter. Corroded surfaces but stable (fully conserved) and with nice copper color all over, two tiny...

Long, bent but intact bronze hull-spike. 2.17 kg, 21" long and 1-1/2" max diameter. A complete spike, very long (for holding the hull of ...

Men's gold-plated bronze ring engraved with "Die For Love" inside. 3.0 grams, 3/4" in diameter (men's size 6). A plain ring ...

Large lot of Venetian glass trade beads, multiple colors and designs. 245 grams total, each about 1/2" to 1" long. The inbound early wrec...

Silver plate with "1605" silversmith mark and display case. 320 grams, 9-1/2" in diameter and 1" tall, the display 14" x 1...

Complete gold rosary consisting of chain, crucifix and three medallions. 64.20 grams, the necklace 30" long with 4-1/2" pendant. It is ha...

Ornate gold buckle with encrustation. 21.43 grams, about 1-3/4" x 1-1/4". A beautifully ornate buckle with center hasp intact (as all sol...

Pair of gold cagework cufflinks. 11.58 grams total, each cufflink about 1-1/4" long. Intricate little spheres of high-karat filigree gold conn...

Gold wedding ring engraved with birds and flowers. 3.97 grams, 3/4" in diameter (size 4-1/2). A small, plain band of high-grade gold with intr...

Gold wedding ring (nine-sided). 2.44 grams, 3/4" in diameter (size 5-3/4). Lacking any engraving but strangely faceted into nine sides (as opp...

Gold wedding ring (plain but thick). 4.91 grams, 3/4" in diameter (size 5+). One of the thickest rings we've seen, still for a small finge...

Gold "dragon whistle" (captain-general's badge of office), extremely rare and important. 64.15 grams, about 2-7/8" long. The Spa...

Gold reliquary ring with tulip-flower design. 4.23 grams, 7/8" in diameter (size 6). This ring consists of a tiny, square box on top with open...

Clump containing one Mexico City, Mexico, pillar 8 reales, Philip V, 1742MF, encrusted together (as found) with glass shards and an intact silver fork

Dutch glass "onion" bottle, intact, rare as from this wreck. 673 grams, 7" tall and 5-1/2" in diameter. This complete and total...

Large gold reliquary pendant with ornate border and hanger. 28.17 grams, about 3-1/2" x 2" x 3/4" overall. This fabulous locket must...

Lot of 2 Chinese blue-on-white porcelain lotus-flower cups with rising stamens in centers painted as tiny men, rare and unusual, intact, ex-Hatcher.

Chinese blue-on-white porcelain dish with dragon motif, intact. 310 grams, 7-1/2" in diameter and 1-1/2" tall. A fairly small, shallow bo...

Small Chinese blue-on-white porcelain cup on pedestal, rare design, ex-Hatcher. 81 grams, 2-3/4" tall and 2-1/2" across the top. This is ...

Professionally restored Dutch flintlock pistol with polished pewter eagle buttplate. 787 grams, 13-3/4" long. Sometime in the 1990s a shipment...

Side of wooden chest with 23+ coins encrusted on it (as found). 10 lb, approx. 25" x 9" x 3". This large and fragile display is basi...

Intact porcelain plate with British East India Co. arms in gold. 639 grams, about 11-3/4" x 9-1/4". This piece is rare enough as a comple...

Chinese blue-on-white porcelain bowl, tree and plants motif, intact. 704 grams, 10-13/16" in diameter and 2-1/4" tall. The best aspect of...

Encrusted clump of dozens of copper-alloy spoons. 867 grams total, roughly 8-1/2" x 2-1/2" x 2-1/2". Very impressive stack with whit...

Lot of 12 Chinese porcelain spoons in a wooden display rack. 1.54 kg total, about 10-1/2" x 6" x 10", each spoon around 4" long...

Spanish colonial bronze mortar, 1700s. 4 kg, 5-1/4" tall and 3-3/4" in diameter (base), 1-5/8" bore. Sometimes called a "thunde...

Naval chain shot, 12 pounder, early 1800s, rare 11.44 kg, 28" long, each ball about 4" in diameter. Two big balls with cast-in loops conn...

Naval "stand of grapeshot," 12 pounder, early 1800s, rare. 6 kg, 6" tall and 4-1/2" in diameter. This type of projectile is sel...

Spanish military-style crossbow, colonial era (1500s-1700s), with original winding lever. 1.15 kg, 41" long and 29" at its widest. Crossb...

Flintlock blunderbuss pistol, mid- to late 1700s, German, marked HALBERD / BAVARIA. 1295 grams, 19" long. While the rifle-like stock and flare...

German gentleman's flintlock-to-percussion pistol, ca.1760-1780. 626 grams, 13-1/4" long. A high-quality gun that must have belonged to an...

Spanish military flintlock pistol, ca. 1770-1800. 768 grams, 14" long. A simple gun with no markings but well preserved, with brass pan and re...

British "sea service" flintlock pistol, early 1800s. 1475 grams, 19-1/2" long. The classic sidearm of the Royal Navy, with markings ...

Eastern European horseman's flintlock blunderbuss pistol, ca. 1800-30. 1557 grams, 20" long. Attractive piece with traces of gold inlay on...

European (Spanish or French) military hanger sword, 1600s. 660 grams, 32-1/2" long. Straight double-edge blade with blood grooves, fleur-de-li...

European swept-hilt rapier, German or Italian, ca. 1680-1700. 870 grams, 42" long. Elaborate cage-hilt with grip wrapped with spiral-twisted w...

European (French?) iron-hilted hanger-cutlass, ca. 1700-1730. 438 grams, 21" long. Curved single-edge blade struck with armorer's mark, ir...

Brass-hilt cutlass hanger marked H & R Boker (Herman and Robert Boeker, Remscheid, Solingen, Germany), ca. 1830. 1.27 kg, 30" long. Napole...

French naval boarding axe, 1800s. 1015 grams, 22" long, the blade 9-1/2" x 6-1/4". The axe head on this item has a curved blade on o...

Bowie knife and original scabbard, antler grip, late 1800s(?). 441 grams, 15-1/2" long. One can just imagine an Old West pioneer or hunter usi...

European armor breastplate, 1600s. 3.05 kg, about 13" x 15-1/2". Heavy hand-forged construction with folded-over edge-rim, armorer's ...

Spanish military cabasset helmet, 1600s. 1.26 kg, about 10-1/2" x 9" x 7". Hand-hammered construction with "pear stalk" pe...

Lot of 2 Spanish colonial brass stirrups (estribos), ca. 1700. 2.26 kg, each about 11" x 4" x 5". With the appearance of brass shoes...

Lot of 2 Spanish colonial steel spurs (espuelas), ca. 1700. 1.18 kg, each 9" long and 5" in diameter. These massive spurs of cut steel ar...

Spanish or French wooden cross with carved-bone Christ figure, ca. 1800. 68 grams, 13-1/2" x 5". Beautifully rustic, hand-made, European ...

Bone sundial, Spanish colonial (1500s-1600s), rare. 15.18 grams, 2-1/8" in diameter and 1/4" thick. Before there were clocks and wristwat...

Dutch green-glass "onion" bottle, ca. 1730-1760. 569 grams, 7" tall and 5-1/2" in diameter. Typical but popular piece, fully in...

Spanish colonial earthenware "olive jar," 1700s. 3.02 kg, 12" tall and 8" in diameter at its widest. The common container of it...