Treasure Auction #8: Daniel F. Sedwick, LLC

High-quality natural emerald, 2.2 carats. About 1/4". Perfectly 6-sided crystal of deep green color, not too opaque, rather nice for an Atocha...

High-quality natural emerald, 0.96 carat. About 1/4". Nicely shaped natural crystal of translucent green (not washed out like most), potential...

Lot of 7 small, natural emeralds, total weight 4.47 carats. About 1/8" to 1/4" each. Typically small stones but all with nice (mostly dar...

One-handled silver cup, encrusted and crushed. 335 grams, approx. 7" x 4". Atocha silver artifacts are premium pieces, but this one has n...

Lot of 3 coral-encrusted earthenware olive jar shards. 837 grams, up to 7". Lateral pieces of large jars, very common but always nice for disp...

Medium natural pearl, 0.4 carat, Grade 4B. 4 mm in diameter. Nice, spherical shape with lustrous nacre, one of 16,000 small pearls found in 2007 and

Small natural pearl, 0.21 carat, Grade 3A. 3 mm in diameter. Nice, spherical shape with lustrous nacre, one of 16,000 small pearls found in 2007 and

Small, brass navigational dividers. 26.5 grams, 2-1/2" long. Typical design with bulbous top and intermeshed hinge, frozen shut and with iron ...

Brass golf club head (Dutch), extremely rare. 207 grams, 4" x 1" x 1-1/2". While the game of golf is typically associated with Scotl...

Lot of 30 lead musketballs. 729 grams total. Typical lead balls of various sizes, great for resale or small gifts. From the Capitana, sunk in 1654 of

Large lead sounding weight. 5 lb 15 oz, 9" long. Typical design of a tapering cone of octagonal cross-section with hole at top, light encrusta...

Iron barshot (conserved). 1215 grams, 9" long. Small for a barshot, with 1" cylindrical shot and thin bar, rusty and corroded but stabili...

German stoneware Bellarmine jug. 1922 grams, 11" tall. This is an intact, flat-bottomed jug of a common but interesting type with narrow, sing...

Nested cup-weight set in large clump. 1829 grams, 4" x 4" x 6". Fascinating conglomerate with an entire Nuremburg-style weight set e...

Large bronze cannonball (rare). 21 lb, 5" in diameter. Smooth and solid (as opposed to iron, which would rust away), with mostly dark-brown su...

Medium bronze cannonball (rare). 13 lb, 4-1/2" in diameter. Very solid and intact (unlike their iron counterparts, which was the point of the ...

Lot of 3 clay pipes. 63 grams total, 2-1/2" to 4-1/2" long. Typical colonial-era smoking pipes with bowls intact (just a few chips) and v...

Intact clay pipe with most of stem. 24.8 grams, 5" long. Marvelously intact, with unmarked base, orange-stained lip, some minor encrustation. ...

Bulbous lead inkwell, rare. 572 grams, 1-3/4" tall and 2-1/4" in diameter. A very simple, somewhat hemispherical inkwell made of lead to ...

Lead musketball "wire shot." 22.4 grams. Single ball with curl of original wire still protruding (other ball and most of wire missing). F...

Small, white, Chinese porcelain teacup. 32.1 grams, 1-1/4" tall and 2-3/8" in diameter. Plain, glossy white but fully intact (just a tiny...

Blue-on-white Chinese porcelain spoon, repaired. 17.8 grams, 3-3/4" long. Very small but with bright color and intact glaze, regrettably with ...

Small clay pipe with coral encrustation. 19.4 grams, 4-3/4" long. Typical design but with smaller bowl than usual, intact and nicely encrusted...

Lot of 2 small artifacts: bronze bell shard and pewter tray handle. 78.3 and 142.6 grams, up to 4". Jagged shard from a good-sized bell along ...

Lot of small artifacts: clay pipe pieces and bird-like brass applique. 21.4 grams total, up to 2". One broken clay pipe bowl and two stems plu...

Lot of 2 bronze/brass artifacts: sword pommel and stop-cock. 313.5 grams and 34.3 grams, 2" to 2-1/2". The pommel very solid and heavy bu...

Lot of lead artifacts: 2 small sounding weights and 2 cylindrical fittings. 239 grams total, largest item 2-1/2". Two shell-encrusted items th...

Lot of 43 lead musketballs, various sizes. Over 2-1/2 lb total. A variety of simple bullets, great for resale or small gifts. From the Unidentified l

Earthenware jug, lightly encrusted. 1366 grams, 9-1/2" tall. Bulbous jar with barnacle "footprints" all over, intact except for a sm...

Chinese porcelain "fu dog" figurine. 37.2 grams, roughly 3" x 1-1/4" x 1". Lion-like miniature dog with head and feet brok...

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Important gold-and-emerald pendant (62 high-quality emeralds) in bow shape with round central device, in custom wooden box. 86.8 grams, approx. 3-1/2

High-quality natural emerald, 1.7 carats. 7 mm long and 5 mm in diameter. Classic crystal shape with good green color and fairly good clarity, spot o

High-quality natural emerald, 1.25 carats. 7 mm in diameter. Thin cross-section of a perfectly octagonal crystal, good green color, opaque, with smal

Natural emerald, 5.3 carats. Roughly 9x10x7mm. Rough green pebble with worn, whitish surfaces from encrustation, nice dark color inside. From the Spa

Encrusted stack of 4+ silver spoons. 246 grams, 7" long. Four complete spoons with 2 more bowls and 2 more handles (broken) in a tight stack l...

Iron barshot with spherical ends, professionally conserved. 7-3/4 lb, 11" long, each ball 3" in diameter. Two typical cannonballs with sq...

Iron barshot with cylindrical ends. 9-3/4 lb, 13-1/2" long, each shot 3-1/2" in diameter. Complete (but repaired) pair of thick, iron puc...

Large, iron cannonball, "24-pounder," professionally conserved. 23.5 lb, 5-1/2" in diameter. Rather large and intact, its rough surf...

Medium iron cannonball. 1790 grams, 3" in diameter. Very solid and fundamentally intact, rusty surfaces with some pitting but no flaking, assu...

Wooden-handled pewter "clyster" (enema) pump in 6 parts, rare. 781 grams, about 9" long and 2" in diameter. The cylindrical bod...

Huge wooden deadeye. 10-3/4 lb, 10-1/2" x 12-1/2" x 3-1/2". without a doubt this is the largest deadeye we have ever seen, the three...

Large ship's spike with section of wooden hull and encrustation. 1395 grams, 13" x 1-1/2" x 4". Nice display of thickly encruste...

Bronze ship's hull repair staple. 395 grams, 11" long. Very solid item, rusty brown with spots of green, that is exactly like a common pap...

Lot of 3 items: earthenware olive jar neck, pewter cap and pewter lid. 879 grams total, up to 5". Nice grouping of an olive jar top with a typ...

Lot of 2 shards: earthenware olive jar neck and ceramic vanilla bean jar handle. 193 and 39 grams, up to 3-1/2". The thick top-collar of a typ...

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