Treasure, World, U.S. Coin & Paper Money Auction 25

Chinese blue-on-white porcelain bowl, floral motif, Ming or Qing Dynasty (1620-1670), from an unidentified mid-1600s wreck. 365 grams, 5-5/8" ...

Original rack of six lead "half" musketballs as from a mold, from the Joanna (1682). 157.4 grams, 5-1/2" x 1-1/8". Six large mu...

Small brass buckle, from the Princess Maria (1686), rare provenance. 8 grams, 1-1/4" x 1". Well-preserved brass buckle (used for shoes an...

Chinese blue-on-white porcelain round, lidded box, intact, from the "Vung Tao Wreck" (ca. 1690). 250 grams, 3" tall, 3-3/4" dia...

Lot of four Chinese blue-on-white porcelain bowls, intact, from the "Vung Tao Wreck" (ca. 1690). 691 grams total, 4-1/2-5-1/4" diame...

English pewter plate, from the HMS Stirling Castle (1703). 390 grams, 8-3/4" diameter. The Great Storm of November 1703 in southwest England w...

Lot of three items: wooden rigging deadeye, pulley wheel, and copper spike, from the HMS Stirling Castle (1703). 788 grams total, deadeye 4-1/2&quo...

Gold chain (plain links), 22K, 43" long, 125 grams, ex-1715 Fleet, ex-Real Eight (Kip Wagner), ex-Ullian. Over 200 small (1/4") plain ov...

Gold "olive blossom" chain, 21" long, 29.92 grams, ex-1715 Fleet, ex-Haskins. Ideal length for wearing (just add clasp), a typical...

Pewter inkwell in the form of a fish, from the 1715 Fleet, ex-Gore, Rainbow Chasers Plate. 219 grams, 5" x 2-1/2" x 2". One of the v...

Black glass "onion" bottle from the 1715 Fleet, ex-Gore. 904 grams, 7" tall x 5-1/4" diameter. Typical "black glass" ...

Small silver fork, from the 1715 Fleet. 21 grams, 5-1/2" long. Four-tined mostly intact small silver fork with pitting typical of water burial...

Natural emerald, 15.5 carats, from the 1715 Fleet. Roughly 5/8" x 3/4" x 1/4". Very dark and opaque green rock with thin veneer of w...

Natural emerald, 7.5 carats, from the 1715 Fleet. Roughly 1/2" x 3/8" x 3/8". Wedge-shaped opaque crystal with two flat sides, brigh...

Iron barshot, fully conserved, from the 1733 Fleet. 3950 grams, 12" long, the ends 2" thick and 3" in diameter. Stable and sturdy bu...

Lot of four brass sword-hilt fragments from a swept-hilt rapier, from the Leimuiden (1770). 209 grams total, 2" to 5-1/2" in length. Thes...

Small, silver-plated copper scissors, from the Colebrooke (1778), rare provenance. 19 grams, 4-1/2" long. Intact and working small scissors wi...

Small silver spoon, intact, from HMS Colossus (1798), rare provenance. 6 grams, 4-1/2" long. Dainty spoon for sugar or spices, in good overall...

Large, silver spoon, from the Lady Burgess (1806), rare provenance. 57 grams, 9" long. Large, plain silver spoon in very good condition, a row...

Lot of one glass deck prism (deadlight) and thirteen iron spikes (conserved). Prism: 917 grams, 5-1/2" long; nails: 922 grams, 2-1/2" to ...

Natural Colombian emerald in stone matrix with pyrite and quartz agglomeration. 783 grams, 5" x 3-1/2" x 2-3/4". Beautiful clump of ...

Lot of sixteen natural emeralds from Colombia, 7.1 grams total, the largest 15 carats. Mostly 1/2" or smaller but one 3/4". Nice stones, ...

Large clump of fossil amber from the North Sea (approx. 44 million years old). 207 grams, 4-3/4" x 3" x 1-1/2". Unusually large ligh...

Megalodon (huge shark) tooth, Miocene era (approx. 2.6 to 15 million years old), found in the Hawthorn Formation, North Carolina. 177 grams, 4-1/2&...

German morion helmet with embossed fleur-de-lis pattern, 1600s. 1032 grams, 13-1/2" x 9-1/2" x 10". A type of helmet originally from...

Spanish colonial solid copper/bronze cannonball (eight-pounder). 3093 grams, 3-3.4" diameter. Found in eastern Mexico at the site of early for...

Revolutionary War-period small cannonball (1-1/2 pounder, amusette) from Ft. Ticonderoga, New York. 620 grams, 2" diameter. Solid and stable, ...

French twelve-pounder solid shot recovered from the field of Waterloo, 1815. 5022 grams and 4-1/4" diameter for ball, 4-1/4" x 4-1/4"...

Iron cannonball grenade, 1700s-1800s. 565 grams, 4-1/2" diameter. Large, hollow ball with hole in side, designed to contain powder and fuse to...

Civil War-period Confederate 12-pounder "canister" shot, ex-Cheatham. 550 grams, 5" tall, 4-1/2" diameter. Among the most effec...

Civil War-period Confederate 12-pounder cannonball. 5450 grams, 4-1/2" diameter. Solid and intact, with minor pitting due to professional cons...

Civil War-period Confederate Virginia-style Read-Parrott 10-pounder ordnance rifle shell. 3003 grams, 7-1/2" x 3". Robert P. Parrott, kno...

Early Spanish colonial metal and horn powder flask, circa 1700s. 346 grams, 10-1/2" x 3-5/8". Fine early powder horn made of flattened c...

Colonial-era iron-mounted artillery horn, 1700s-early 1800s. 566 grams, 12-1/2" long. A colonial-era artifact, these horns carried grease for ...

Spanish colonial folding sailor's jackknife, 1700s. 107 grams, 13-1/4" overall length, 6-1/4" blade length. Folding knives like this ...

Spanish colonial sailor's dirk, 1700s. 250 grams, 13-1/4" overall length, 9-1/4" blade length. Simple small knife with brass and horn...

Spanish colonial side knife with "D" guard, late 1700s. 324 grams, 15" overall length, 9" blade length. Hand-forged knife (with...

French model 1808 infantry hanger sword (briquet). 1222 grams, 30" overall length, 23" blade. Brass D-guard style hilt with ropelike turn...

French model 1822 foot artillery sword. 1399 grams, 25-1/2" overall length, 18-1/2" blade. Heavy and impressive double-edge sword with so...

Large Spanish sailor's navaja (folding knife), signed "Beauvoir," 1800s. 170 grams, 13-1/2" overall length, 5-1/2" blade le...

Early Spanish colonial naval ship's axe head, 1600s. 1027 grams, 14-1/4" x 6-3/4". One of the earliest forms of a ship's boarding...

Unusual hand-forged iron Chinese three-barrel pole cannon, 1600s-1700s. 2066 grams, iron barrel and socket 16-1/2" long, 32" overall leng...

European flintlock pocket pistol, early 1700s. 248 grams, 7-1/4" long. Sturdy, small-size pocket pistol with engraved brass lockplate and met...

French Naval Marine flintlock musket ("musket du marine du bord"), 1777, maker St. Etienne (marked), American Revolutionary War period, ra...

English brass-barreled officer's pistol with flintlock signed "Taylor," late 1700s. 851 grams, 13-1/2" long, 7-3/4' barrel, ...

Spanish or southern European miquelet officer's pistol, late 1700s. 349 grams, 10-1/2" long, 5-1/2' barrel, 1/2" muzzle. Smaller-...

Eastern European flintlock trade pistol, 1700s-1800s. 980 grams, 18" long, 11" barrel, 1/2" muzzle. Typical pistol that was traded i...

Eastern European large flintlock blunderbuss barrel pistol, late 1700s-early 1800s. 1129 grams, 16" long, 10" barrel, 1" muzzle. Imp...

Spanish colonial Caribbean miquelet pistol, early 1800s. 774 grams, 13" long, 7-3/4" barrel, 3/4" muzzle. Locally made colonial piec...

Allen & Thurber patented .34-caliber/six-barrel "pepper box" percussion pistol, circa 1837. 648 grams, 8" long, 3-1/2" barr...