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

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...