Treasure and World Coin Auction #11

Small bronze bell with original clapper, ca. 1800-1820. 5520 grams, 8" tall and 8" in diameter. Ship's bells are rare, but this one s...

Tiny lead cannon (toy or game-piece). 19.4 grams, 1-1/4" long. This miniature piece is an actual, functioning carronade, with 1/16" touch...

Large bronze cannon, with Spanish coat-of-arms, 9' long, from a 1588 Spanish Armada ship in the Naval Battle of Gravelines. Approx. 3000lb. The...

Bronze swivel cannon, Spanish or Portuguese, 17th century, with custom carved-mahogany stand. About 80 lb (with stand), 31" long. A well-const...

Bronze signal cannon (upright), Spanish, late 1500s, with initials M S on side. 6150 grams, 6" tall and 4-1/2" in diameter (base). Very h...

Small (model) iron bombard (1500s design) and wooden carriage, made ca. 1900. 9290 grams, 20" x 8" x 7". Very rustic hand-made carri...

Miniature bronze cannon, Dutch, ca. 1750-1800. 476 grams, 6-1/2" long. A functional scale model with hole where cascabel should be, 3/8" ...

Spanish stone roundshot (cannonball) from a 1588 Spanish Armada wreck off Nieuwpoort, Belgium, rare. 1754 grams, 4-1/2" in diameter. Far less ...

Lot of 2 Revolutionary War-era roundshot, American, from the Battle of Castine (1779). Large: 7-1/4 lb, 4" in diameter; small: 1-1/2 lb, 3&quo...

Large (12-pounder) iron cannonball in encrustation, colonial era (1700s). Nearly 17 lb, 8" in diameter overall. A rusty, cracking sphere with ...

Iron roundshot (6-pounder) in encrustation, British, with broad arrow mark, Revolutionary War era (1777). 9 lb, 7" in diameter overall. Highly...

Flintlock pistol, probably Mediterranean, late 1700s to early 1800s. 896 grams, 19" long. Straight barrel, slightly tapering, with silver inla...

Sea-service flintlock pistol with lanyard-ring in butt, ca. 1815, made in Liege, Belgium. 1174 grams, 15" long. Standard-issue boarding gun, u...

Eastern European flintlock pistol with ornate inlays, ca. 1780-1800. 881 grams, 15" long. A heavily ornamented gun with engraved stock studded...

Small English boxlock screw-barrel pistol, maker Hole (Bristol), ca. 1800. 287 grams, 6" long. Cute little gun with clear engraving on either ...

Double-barrel pin-fire boot pistol, Civil War period (mid-1800s), made in Liege, Belgium. 495 grams, 10" long. Simple design with light engrav...

Leather/brass powder-flask, ca. 1770-1800, British. 85 grams, 8-1/2" long. Intact and functional bag for power and shot, used with flintlock g...

French Marine hanger-cutlass, 1808 model, signed by maker. 989 grams, 29" long. Simple design with all-brass handle showing 3 maker's mark...

French short artillery sword in scabbard, ca. 1820-1840, possibly used in the Mexican War of Independence. 1339 grams, 27-1/2" long. Double-ed...

U.S. Navy officer's dress sword with name "R.C. Cooley" engraved on blade, with original leather scabbard and belt, early 1900s. 1114...

Large naval boarding axe, French, ca. 1800-1840, rare size. 2970 grams, 37-1/2" long. Unusually large size and all original, with 4"-wide...

German boarding axe, mid-1800s. 1030 grams, 15" long. Typical small axe with 2-1/2" blade and 3-sided pick, anchored to handle by 2 narro...

Victorian-era replica of a steel medieval jousting helmet. 11 lb, 16" tall and roughly 12" in diameter. Typical medieval-style helmet wit...

Lot of gold and pearl jewelry pieces, 4 grams total, Spanish colonial (1500s). A 3" stringer of tiny gold beads, tubules, loops and other ho...

String of glass beads, Spanish colonial (1500s). 64 grams, 52" long. Extra-long stringer of mostly plain blue tubes but also some smaller bead...

String of glass beads, Spanish colonial (1500s). 14.8 grams, 18" long. A short stringer of many different types and colors of small spheres pl...

Gold toothpick/ear-spoon on short (modern) chain, early 1700s, found in Peru. 5.6 grams, about 2" long. An ornate little piece, hand-carved in...

Spanish colonial silver crucifix (1700s) from Peru, in Riker box. 33 grams, 4" tall. Interesting piece that shows Christ with a distinctly nat...

Brass "cross caravaca" (Spanish colonial, 1700s) from the Presidio of Mexico, in Riker case. 135 grams, 5" tall. An unusual type of ...

French cast-brass standing crucifix, 1700s. 131 grams, 11-1/2" tall and 4" at its widest. Typical crucifix with separate Christ figure mo...

Lot of 3 brass/ebony crucifixes, European (French?), early 1800s, in Riker box. 59, 54 and 19 grams; 5", 4-3/4" and 3-1/4". Three di...

Large, hand-carved wooden statue of St. Paul the Apostle, early 1900s. 37 lb, 37" tall and 11" at its widest. St. Paul the Apostle was on...

Copper-arsenic "hacha" with flecks of gold from Ecuador (Cañari culture), ca. 1200 AD, rare. 17.1 grams, 3-1/8" long. A very po...

Copper-arsenic "hacha" with flecks of gold from Ecuador (Cañari culture), ca. 1200 AD, rare. 25.7 grams, 3-1/4" long. A very po...

Dutch "onion" bottle, ca. 1730-1750, excellent condition. 772 grams, 8" tall and 5-1/2" in diameter. Perfect specimen with no c...

Dutch "case gin" bottle with AH seal (Houtman) at top and A.HOUTMAN & CO. / SCHIEDAM on sides (early 1800s). 964 grams, 11" tall...

Pair of large brass estribos (covered stirrups), Spanish colonial (early 1800s). 2144 grams, each 10-1/2" x 5" x 4". Basically backl...

Pair of Spanish colonial steel spurs (late 1700s) with silver inlays and one repaired using a Chilean silver coin (1800s). 955 grams, 7" long....

Bronze spurs with steel rowels, Spanish colonial style (early 1800s). 888 grams, 8" long. Brassy in color, with hand ornamentation, with cut-s...

Dutch clay pipe (early 1700s) with XXX design for Amsterdam, intact. 24 grams, 6-1/4" long. A typical smoking pipe in perfect condition, with ...

Lot of 5 clay pipes, ca. 1680-1750, in plastic display-box. 69.1 grams total, up to 4-1/2" long. Typical plain pipes (no designs or markings) ...

Large iron leg-shackles for slaves or prisoners, 1700s, from the French West Indies, rare. 2550 grams, 39" long, each cuff about 4-1/2" i...

Iron slave-transport shackles, early 1800s, from West Africa. 376 grams, 12" long, each cuff about 3" wide. This hand-forged item appears...

Lot of 3 bronze manillas (slave bracelets) of different sizes, early 1800s, from various shipwrecks. 1152 grams total, from 2-1/2" to 8" ...

Large iron Nuremburg ("Armada") chest (late 1500s to mid-1600s), with unique "Adam and Eve"-themed inner plate, with original ke...

Large iron Nuremburg ("Armada") chest (late 1500s to mid-1600s), with inner box and original keys (operational). 138 lb, 32" x 17&qu...

European (French?) steel "treasure box" with key, ca. 1800-1840. 2780 grams, 7-1/2" x 6" x 4-1/4". Very cute little money ...

Brass box (Dutch), ca. 1800-1820 (key missing). 598 grams, 8-1/4" x 5" x 3-1/2". A thin-walled rectangular safe-box with small handl...

European (Italian?) brass nesting-weight set (complete with case and lid), 1800s. 1253 grams, 2-1/2" tall and 3" in diameter. Unlike most...

Large iron mortar and pestle, Spanish colonial. 6760 grams, 7" in diameter and 5-3/4" tall, the pestle 12" long. Simple design but r...