Treasure Auction #8: Daniel F. Sedwick, LLC

Ornate silver cake knife from wedding of Dutch (VOC) fleet commander Apollonius Scott in Indonesia, early 1600s, with framed reproduction of the 1753

Steel, 3-tined fork with scrimshawed ivory handle, dated 1754. 35.3 grams, 7-1/2" long. Are you Edward Duquesne? If so, then this 250-year-old...

English pewter soup spoon marked with Tudor rose hallmark, 1620s-1640s. 82.9 grams, 7" long. Typically plain design (straight handle of hexago...

Dutch "onion" bottle, ca. 1720-1750. 832 grams, 6" in diameter. Fully intact with nice pontil, crude lip, a few bubbles in the light...

Dutch "onion" bottle, ca. 1720-1750. 573 grams, 7" tall and 5" in diameter. Nice, translucent green, with good pontil, interest...

Dutch porter "lady leg" bottle, ca. 1750. 735 grams, 11" tall, 3-1/2" in diameter. Characteristically long, narrow neck and cyl...

English ale bottle, ca. 1780. 756 grams, 9-1/2" tall and 4" in diameter. Intact but rather sea-worn and curiously encrusted with oyster s...

English ale bottle, ca. 1780. 694 grams, 9" tall, 4" in diameter. Completely intact (not even any lip-chips), with curious swirled encrus...

Large Dutch "case gin" bottle marked A VAN HOBOKEN & Co. / ROTTERDAM and with maker's seal, 1800s. 919 grams, 11-1/2" tall a...

Lot of 2 round-bottom mineral water bottles, ca.1880. 377 grams and 480 grams, each 9" long and nearly 2-1/2" in diameter. Very light gre...

Mariner's octant by Walker (London), late 1700s-early 1800s, excellent condition. 1099 grams, 14" x 11-1/2". Ebony wood with ivory in...

Large ironwood steering paddle from a late-1700s/early-1800s Dutch (VOC) launch-boat scuttled in Indonesia. 12 lb, 73" long. How often do you ...

Brass marlinspike, early Spanish colonial (1500s). 45.5 grams, 4-1/2" long. At first this looks like a key, with 3-holed handle-end, but the o...

Steel "clockwork" spur (early 1500s), Spanish colonial, with book Vaquero by photographer Bill Wittliff (2002, autographed by the author) ...

Lot of 2 iron muleshoes, Spanish colonial (1500s-1600s). 653 grams total, each 4" x 5-1/2". Rusty and crusty but intact and solid, two di...

Brass stirrup, Spanish colonial (1600s-1700s). 259 grams, 5-1/4" tall and 4-1/2" wide. D-shaped piece with rectangular loop at top, the f...

Iron slave shackles, mid-1800s, with key. 580 grams, about 17" long. Two surprisingly small cuffs connected by 5 figure-8 links, hand-forged, ...

Iron slave shackles, mid-1800s. 577 grams, 20" long. Two C-shaped cuffs connected by 8 rectangular links, hand-forged, one of the cuffs with i...

Lot of 3 iron padlocks of a triangular shape, Spanish colonial (1500s-1600s). 545 grams total, each about 3" to 5". All rusty and crusty ...

Lot of 4 iron padlocks (2 square and 2 spherical), Spanish colonial (1500s-1600s). 318 grams total, approx. 1" to 2-5/8" each. All rusty ...

Lot of 5 iron and bronze skeleton keys, Spanish colonial (1500s-1600s). 216 grams total, each 2-3/4" to 3-1/4" long. Used for a any kind ...

Lot of 6 bronze/brass coin(?) weights, Spanish colonial (1500s-1600s). 91 grams total, 1/2" to 1" in diameter each. Typically thick, flat...

Original Spanish pan-scale weight from Valencia in wooden case dated 1761. 236 grams, 7-1/2" x 2-1/2" x 1-1/4". Great little antique...

Small silver seal(?), Spanish colonial (1500s-1600s). 3.9 grams, 1-5/8" in diameter. Cup-like artifact with intricate monogram in retrograde a...

Brass wax-seal stamp, 1800s, balance-scale design (reminiscent of Mexican coins of the late 1800s). 26.1 grams, 3" long. At first this appears...

Lot of 5 bronze crotal bells, Spanish colonial (1500s-1600s). 71 grams total, 1/2" to 1-1/2" each in diameter. A variety of sizes of sphe...

Lot of 3 different types of bronze bells, Spanish colonial (1600s-1700s). 284 grams total, roughly 4", 1-3/4" and 1". One cowbell wi...

Complete crotal hawk's bell with clapper, found near St. Augustine, Florida, probably mid-1700s. 36.9 grams, 1-1/8" in diameter. Large, so...

Ornate, gold-plated silver thimble, Spanish colonial (1500s-1600s). 7.3 grams, 1" tall. Much more substantial than the usual common thimble, w...

Pair of gilt-bronze shoe-buckles, early Spanish colonial (1500s). 39.4 grams total, each 1-3/4" x 1-1/2". Matching pair, even the patina ...

Ornate gilt-bronze buckle with native scenery on front, Spanish colonial (1600s-1700s). 31.2 grams, 1-3/4" in diameter. Round medallion with h...

Ornate gilt-bronze ornament in baroque pattern, Spanish colonial (1600s-1700s). 40.5 grams, 2-1/2" x 1-3/4". Probably a decoration for fu...

Large silver belt buckle, Spanish colonial (1600s-1700s). 34.5 grams, 1-3/8" x 4". A big rectangle of plain, narrow silver with two small...

Lot of 7 various bronze buckles, Spanish colonial (1500s-1700s). 138.9 grams total, largest one 3". A nice variety of shoe and strap buckles, ...

Lot of 3 small pieces of silver flagellation wheels, Spanish colonial (1500s-1600s). 2.7 grams total, the main piece 1-3/8". Some religious ri...

Bronze enema-pump nozzle, Spanish colonial (1500s-1600s). 108 grams, 4-1/2" long. Hemispherical cup with long, thin pipe with small holes and ...

Lot of 4 various bronze items of unknown purpose (button with glass bead, 2 bell-shaped knobs, and a heavy sliding floret with traces of gilding), Spa

Lot of various silver items (x-shaped badge, open-tip thimble, tiny cup), Spanish colonial (1600s-1700s). 12.8 grams total, the largest 2". Al...

Small leather money pouch (1600s?) found in Seville harbor. 543 grams, 5-3/4" x 3-1/2". Fully intact, even the drawstring at the opening,...

Bone gaming die, Spanish colonial (1500s-1600s). 0.9 grams, 3/8" cube. Tiny but perfectly preserved die with sediment-filled pips, sharp corne...

Bone cup in the shape of a bucket with two bone dice, ca. 1860s. 28 grams total, the cup 1-1/2" tall and 1-1/2" in diameter, the dice 3/8...

Choice trilobite fossil in matrix from Morocco, 380 million years old. 239 grams, approx. 3" in diameter. Complete and well-detailed reticulat...

Dinosaur egg, Hadrosaur, Cretaceous period (70-100 million years old), from the Kaoguo formation in Yisan, Hubei province, China. 3913 grams, approx.

Large megalodon (shark) tooth, 25 million years old, found off South Carolina. 390.2 grams, about 4-5/8" x 5-1/4". Fossil hunters are qui...

Medium megalodon (shark) tooth, 25 million years old, found off South Carolina. 198.5 grams, about 3-5/8" x 4-1/2". A very well-preserved...

Mackerel shark tooth, 25 million years old, found off South Carolina. 42.3 grams, about 2-1/4" x 3". Choice specimen, this species charac...

Petrified ghost crab fossil in choice condition, 150,000(+/-) years old, found off Melbourne (east coast of Florida). 77.2 grams, 3-1/4" x 1-1...

Huge mastodon tooth, 30,000(+/-) years old, found in the Aucilla River (north Florida). 1346 grams, 6-1/2" x 3-1/2" x 5" This massiv...

Lot of 3 large natural, Colombian emeralds, high quality, 20.5 carats total weight. Approx. 1/2" each. Three good-sized rocks of deep green, 2...

Pair of Pleistocene (12,000 to 2.588 million years old) hippopotamus teeth holed in their time for wearing (rare), found in England. 27.9 grams, 2-1/