Treasure Auction #8: Daniel F. Sedwick, LLC

Lot of 5 miscellaneous earthenware shards. 1327 grams total, up to 7". A couple of large and thickly encrusted shards (nice display) with thre...

Large lot of miscellaneous artifacts, consisting of: 1 encrusted lead tampion (cannon-muzzle cover), 3 bronze spikes, 11 small copper nails and washer

Lot of 15 lead musketballs and wire/spring-shots. 392 grams total. More or less typical bullets but including two encrusted pairs of wire/spring-shot

Lot of 24 lead musketballs. 639 grams total. The usual, plain balls that litter colonial-era wrecks but are great for resale or small gifts. From the

Small, iron musketball pliers (mold). 37.5 grams, 4-1/2" long. Fully intact but frozen shut (rusted), used to make balls one at a time by pour...

Lead textile seal (complete). 14 grams, 1-5/8" x 1". Full seal with arms on each side (one a big, sword-wielding lion), connector strips ...

Thickly encrusted silver buckle. 47.1 grams, 1-1/2" x 2". Simple, rectangular buckle (for shoe or belt) with black, "puffy" oxi...

Blue-on-white Chinese porcelain lidded powder-box, perfectly preserved. 62.3 grams, 2-1/4" in diameter and 1" tall. As shipwreck porcelai...

Tiny brass crowbar (navigational tool?). 7.7 grams, 2-7/8" long. The original importing dealer in 2005 believed this toy-like little stick wit...

Flintlock pistol with reproduction wooden parts. 919 grams, 21" long. The trouble with shipwreck flintlocks is that they contain two materials...

Iron blunderbuss barrel encased in Lucite. 2425 grams, 20" x 1-3/4" x 2". Surviving shipwreck iron is a rarity, so this 17-1/2"...

Iron flintlock mechanism. 264 grams, 4" x 7". Iron does not typically fare well under the sea, but somehow this piece must have been prot...

Silver officer's sword handle with reproduction blade with two Mexican 8R cobs in display box, pictured in Diving to a Flash of Gold. 8-1/2 lb,...

Complete sword in coral encrustation, handle intact but steel blade removed, mounted on a wooden plaque. 8 lb, 39-1/2" long. Super-long sword ...

Bronze cage-hilt sword handle. 491 grams, 5-1/5" x 5" x 3-1/2". Full handle, including cage hilt and knuckle guard, grip and pommel,...

Bronze breech block, with explanatory letter from Mendel Peterson of the Smithsonian. 33 lb, 8" tall and 4-1/2" in diameter. Very heavy a...

Iron barshot with spherical ends. 11 lb, 12-1/2" long, each ball 3-1/2" in diameter. Two typical cannonballs with square-shank bar betwee...

Earthenware urn, flat-bottomed and two-handled. 1985 grams, 8-3/4" tall and 5-3/4" in diameter. Beautifully intact, with two small handle...

Large pewter plate. 976 grams, 12" in diameter. Fully intact except for two cracks in the bowl section, with 1-1/2" rim, no visible marki...

Large pewter tankard, pictured in Diving to a Flash of Gold. 420 grams, 4" tall and 4" in diameter. Thin-walled cylindrical drinking vess...