Treasure, World & U.S. Coin Auction #19

Bronze blunderbuss-style swivel cannon, 1700s. Approx. 75 lb, 41" long, 3-1/4" bore at muzzle. From a Spanish colonial foundry and found o...

Lot of 4 bronze door ornaments. 1038 grams total, 2-1/2" to 3" in diameter. Two different designs (one with swirled pattern and nipple, th...

Large lot of bronze spikes (8) and sheathing nails (140), plus broken pieces. About 770 grams total, up to 4" long. This lot represents the tot...

Lot of 3 palm-sized sea urchin fossils, approx. 20-30 million years old. 365 grams total, up to 3" each. With the appearance of white biscuits ...

Woolly mammoth tooth from the North Sea (approx. 10,000 to 100,000 years old). 2613 grams, 7" x 6" x 3-1/2". Massive molar with about...

Lot of 2 pre-Columbian gold earrings in the form of a snake chasing its tail, from Central or South America. 1.39 grams total, each about 1/2" ...

Colonial or Revolutionary War iron grenade, 1700s. 2178 grams, 3-1/2" diameter. Rare six-pounder size found in the area of Hudson (NY) in the e...

Stone cannonball from the Spanish Armada (1588). 7640 grams, 7" diameter Found by commercial fishermen in the mid-1900s off Nieuwpoort, Belgium...

European flintlock pistol signed by owner or maker "E. Covna," 1700s. 1123 grams, 20" long. Engraved decorations, deep touch marks, w...

European flintlock officer's pistol, 1700s. 1185 grams, 19-1/2" long. Octagonal 12-1/2" barrel, engraved lock with gilt inlays, walnut...

European flintlock officer's pistol, 1700s. 1016 grams, 18-1/2" long. Engraved lock and barrel with faint maker's marks and touch marks...

Brass musket or blunderbuss buttplate engraved "Capt Mansvelt," 1700s. 180 grams, 5" to 6" to a side. The well-preserved buttpla...

Northern European flintlock blunderbuss pistol, 1700s-1800s. 740 grams, 15" long. Small (only 15") hand pistol with slightly flared 7-1/4&...

Eastern European flintlock trade pistol, 1700s-1800s. 980 grams, 18" long. Typical pistol that was traded in the Mediterranean and carried over...

Northern European naval flintlock "sea service" pistol, 1800s. 1214 grams, 15-1/2" long. Typical naval boarding pistol, made in Liege...

Eastern European "rat-tail" miquelet pistol, early 1800s. 875 grams, 20" long. Distinctive and beautifully decorated pistol of Albani...

Spanish colonial Caribbean miquelet pistol, early 1800s. 774 grams, 13" long. Locally made colonial piece utilizing a captured English officer&...

Early Spanish colonial dagger with scabbard, 1700s. 327 grams, 16" long. Very sharp dagger with double-edge pointed blade, decorated brass pomm...

British naval cutlass, early 1800s. 963 grams, 31" overall. Brass hand guard with cast iron ribbed grip, the clean blade stamped with the "...

Spanish colonial dirk, early 1800s. 205 grams, 13" long. Carved horn handle with silver insets, brass hand guard with decorations, Bowie-style ...

US artillery sword, 1833 model, dated 1839. 1123 grams, 25" long. Ancient Roman-style sword with double-edge blade, solid and heavy brass handl...

German cuirassiers iron breastplate, 1700s-1800s. 2789 grams, 15" tall, 15" across. Sturdy and heavy (somewhat larger than earlier Spanish...

Small, high-karat (22K?) gold bead (Spanish colonial, 1500s-1700s) with loop at top. 1.41 grams, 1/4" in diameter. Solid sphere, simple and una...

Gold filigree pendant (22K?) featuring a young Peter the Great of Russia in watercolor on vellum laid on gessoed card, ca. 1680-1710. 10.85 grams, 1-1

Silver filigree Jesuit medallion engraved with Christogram I-H-S on one side and date 1790 and initials I-A-E on the other. 5.22 grams, 1-3/8" ...

Lot of 2.65 carats of small, natural emeralds in an encrusted cluster and loose, from a Spanish colonial site in the southern Caribbean (1500s-1600s).

Spanish colonial bronze mortar and pestle, ca. 1600s. 3307 grams total, 9" long pestle, 5-3/4" x 3-1/2" tall mortar. Large, heavy mor...

Spanish colonial iron-bound wooden canteen, 1600s-1700s. 931 grams, 8" long, 4-3/4" wide, 7" tall. With the appearance of a rustic lu...

Spanish colonial leather-covered wooden money box, 1600s-1700s. 3415 grams, 19-1/2" long, 8-1/4" deep, 6-3/4" tall. Significant as th...

French bronze ship's watch bell, 1700s, with original wood/iron yoke and hardware. 9640 grams, roughly 14" x 11" x 9". Wonderfull...

Spanish colonial silver bowl, 1700s, with script-MF monogram on bottom of rim. 330 grams, 8" in diameter. Elegant bowl in solid, bright, shiny ...

Pair of Spanish colonial inlaid silver spurs (espuelas), 1700s-1800s. 476 grams, 6-1/2" long, 3-1/2" wide. Fine pair of early iron spurs w...

Pair of Spanish colonial brass stirrups (estribos), 1700s-1800s. 2010 grams, each 10-1/2" long. Heavy matched pair of stirrups used by Spanish ...

Lot of 3 iron padlocks (1 large, 1 medium and 1 small), all with keys, Spanish colonial, 1700s-1800s. 810 grams, 3 -1/2" x 6"; 603 grams, ...

Iron slave shackles, 1700s-1800s. 1127 grams, 25" long. Two cuffs with oval loops, six-link chain in between with two rings in center, all hand...

Lot of 3 (1 large, 2 small) African slave trade copper "manillas," 1700s-1800s. 1408 grams total, 9" wide, 2-1/2" wide, and 2-1/...

British military or naval officer's drawing / navigational set, 1700s-1800s. 291 grams, 7" long. Fine quality wooden case with shagreen cov...

Dutch brass tobacco-box with hand-engraved lid, 1700s. 176 grams, 6-1/4" long x 1-1/2" high x 1-7/8" wide. Beautifully hand engraved ...

Dutch colonial period "case gin" bottle, ca. 1800. 526 grams, 9-1/2" tall, 3-1/2" square sides. A river find in excellent condit...

Italian map of Spain and Portugal, ca. 1550 (possibly by Giacomo Gastaldi, based on earlier map by Sebastien Munster?), matted and framed. 16" ...

Dutch copperplate-engraved map of the Caribbean and surrounding land entitled "Insvlae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionale, cum Terris adiacent...

German edition (1719) of a French map of Cuba and Jamaica entitled "Die Inseln Cuba und Iamaica," by A.M. Mallet (1630-1706), hand-colored...

French map of the Caribbean and surrounding areas entitled "Guayane, Terre Firme, Isles Antilles, et Nlle. Espagne," 1766, by Louis Brion ...

French copperplate-engraved map of the Caribbean entitled "Carte du Gophe du Mexique et des Isles de l'Amerique," by Bellin, published...

German woodcut engraving of Manilla galleons entitled "Schlacht fur Manille" (early 1600s), copied from Theodor de Bry (1528-1598). 13&quo...

French (Paris) woodcut engraving from 1701 showing the lineage of Philip I of Austria to Philip V of Spain and Charles, Archduke of Austria, by Nichol

British copperplate engraving (ca. 1768) entitled "A View of Truxillo a City belonging to the Spaniards in the Bay of Honduras," from a se...

Scottish copperplate engraving by W.H. Lizars entitled "STEAM NAVIGATION" (Plate CXVI), printed in Edinburgh by A. Constable & Co. in ...

Lot of 2 British copperplate engravings entitled "A Machine to Prevent a Ship's driving on a Lee-Shore in a Storm" by Mr. Willm Boorn ...

British copperplate engraving by I(saac) Taylor entitled "SHIP / A First Rate Ship of War with Rigging etc. at Anchor" (printed in London ...