Treasure and World Coin Auction # 16

Crystal panel with cross design as from a rosary. 1.34 grams, 1-1/4" long. A triangular pane of frosted, bevel-edged glass with cross design i...

Encrusted silver candlewick-trimmer. 202 grams, 6-1/2" long. This looks just like a pair of scissors with a small box on the blades, but the b...

Small scissors, totally cocooned in coral. 61.49 grams, 3-3/4" long. Fun little piece with the entire outline of its small form (probably for ...

Ivory violin-string tuner, rare. 5.63 grams, 2-5/8" long. Basically a small paddle with hole in center for holding and turning a string to get...

Brass tobacco box lid in heavy encrustation. 245 grams, 6-1/4" long and 2" wide. Very cool shipwreck artifact that is intact and clean, w...

Long, gold "money" chain, complete with end rings. 116 grams, 53" long. An elegant chain with round, fluted links, each one slightly...

Small silver-wire cage, possibly for housing crickets, fully intact and functional. 69.66 grams, 6-3/4" tall. A dainty little piece consisting...

Lot of 4 silver game finials, ex-Castells. 40.04 grams total, each about 1" tall. Little amulets showing human features, three of them with pr...

Brass navigational dividers. 26.70 grams, 3" long. Clean and brassy (matte) but lightly surface-corroded, the round hinge at top still operati...

Green-glass bottle and silver coin (Mexico bust 8R 1805TH), both with original photo-certificates from the salvagers. 410 grams, 9-1/2" long (...

Encrusted clump of about ten copper-alloy spoons. 280 grams, 7-1/2" long. A fairly neat stack of simple soup spoons, nicely patinated and inta...

Encrusted stoneware bottle, early 1800s. 890 grams, 8-1/2" tall and 3-1/2" diameter. Typical stoneware bottle of its time but with thick ...

Lot of 4 brass items from 3 different wrecks: 1 barrel-tap from the Association (1707); 2 musket trigger-guards from the Tilbury (1757); and 1 barrel-

Collection of 8 pre-Columbian copper-arsenic tajaderas (several different types) from native American cultures in Mexico and South America. 276 grams

Dutch bronze "one-pounder" cannon, ca. 1690-1700, attributed to maker Jasper Van Epecom (Middelburg, Zeeland). 42" long, 9" acr...

Large stone cannonball for mortar/bombard, Spanish Armada (1588). 17540grams, 9" diameter. A huge ball (largest we've seen) of soft and po...

Stone cannonball for mortar/bombard, Spanish Armada (1588). 3001 grams, 5" diameter. Soft and porous stone, somewhat smooth from rolling on th...

Iron cannonball grenade, Spanish colonial, 1600s. 1233 grams, 3" diameter. Typical ball but hollow and with hole in side for packing in powder...

Revolutionary War-period iron cannonball-grenade for mortar, ca. 1780. 8500 grams, 6" diameter. Large, hollow ball with hole in side, designed...

British naval wooden rammer for 6-lb cannon, dated 1749. 850 grams, 31" long. Basically a long wooden rod with wider tamping end marked with d...

French brass sector (for gunnery calculations), 1700s. 141 grams, 13" long. A rare instrument used primarily for calculating artillery angles ...

Brass-bound oak gunpowder barrel, English, 1700s (Georgian). 2647 grams, 10" tall and 7-1/2" diameter. An intact, small barrel with four ...

British naval artillery powder-bag passbox, 1800s. 1657 grams, 16" tall, 8" diameter. This wide canvas tube is so thickly coated on the o...

French infantry hanger sword with scabbard, 1800s (model 1808). 1195 grams, 30" long. Bright clean steel blade with no nicks or pitting, top p...

French naval boarding sword, dated 1846, with anchor and maker marks (model 1833). 1000 grams, 32" long. With characteristic slightly curved b...

French naval dirk (three-sided dagger) with anchor mark, 1840s, replacement scabbard. 170 grams, 12' long. Very clean and undamaged blade (stil...

Pair of British naval rigging knives, mid-1800s, manufactured in Sheffield, England (marked). 150 grams total, 7-1/2" to 8-1/4" long. Ver...

Civil War-era U.S. naval brass-hilt boarding cutlass (model 1860), manufacturer Ames (Massachusetts), dated 1862. 883 grams, 32" long. Clean s...

Civil War-era U.S. cavalry sword, manufacturer Ames (Massachusetts), dated 1863, with original scabbard. 1580 grams, 42" long. Intact blade wi...

Spanish-American War brass-hilt sword dated 1898, made in Toledo, Spain. 1094 grams, 33" long. Bright steel blade with deeply stamped marking ...

French felling axe (executioner's axe), 1700s. 2540 grams, 33" long, the head 11" x 8". Distinctively long blade (basically a tr...

Danish naval boarding axe, ca. 1800. 1220 grams, 33" long, the head 10" from tip to tip. Small, narrow axe-blade with pick at other end, ...

Dutch naval boarding axe, ca. 1800. 1672 grams, 20-1/2" long, the head 10-1/2" from tip to tip. Short, heavy axe-head with long pick at o...

British naval shipboard fire ax, 1800s, made by Shand Mason & Co. 700 grams, 16-1/2" long, the head 6-1/2" from tip to tip. Small but...

British naval shipboard fire ax, 1800s, with bell marking. 830 grams, 15" long, the head 8" from tip to tip. Clean but aged steel axe-hea...

Small British merchant marine fire ax, late 1800s to early 1900s, with warranty mark. 440 grams, 12" long, the blade head 6" from tip to ...

Iron matchlock "key" gun, 1500s-1600s. 1202 grams, 12-1/2" long. Best we can tell, this is the real thing: A functional (in its time...

Matched pair of Eastern European horsemen's flintlock pistols, 1700s. 1050 and 1120 grams, 19-1/2" long each. Virtually identical in desig...

European military officer's flintlock pistol, mid-1700s. 698 grams, 13" long. Tapering octagon-to-round barrel with brass sight, engraved ...

British naval flintlock blunderbuss, ca. 1755, marked with maker Whately. 2420 grams, 35" long. Octagon-to-round barrel, typically flared at e...

British East India Co. brown bess musket / grenade launcher, dated 1793 and marked with EIC logo and maker Henshaw, also with name of ship Melville Ca

English flintlock blunderbuss, ca. 1780-1800, signed by maker Samuel Galton. 33" long, 1-5/16" bore. Bright steel barrel with maker's...

Belgian sea-service flintlock pistol, early 1800s. 1157 grams, 15-1/2" long. Large-bore barrel in bright steel finish with no markings, the st...

Boxlock percussion pistol, double-barreled with bayonet, mid-1800s. 775 grams, 11" long. One of the most interesting handguns we have seen wit...

European steel armor breastplate, 1600s. 5350 grams, roughly 18" x 20". Thick and heavy hammered steel with original black surface (uncle...

Northern European steel horseman's helmet, ca. 1650-80. 2930 grams, roughly 20" x 7" x 12". Five hand-forged parts (faceguard, n...

Steel right-hand gauntlet, European, late 1500s. 739 grams, roughly 11-1/2" x 5-1/2" x 5". Hand-forged, with raised engraving of 16t...

Pair of Spanish colonial steel spurs (espuelas) with silver plating, 1700s. 1218 grams, each about 10" long with 5" rowels. Well-preserve...

Pair of brass Spanish covered stirrups (estribos), late 1700s to early 1800s. 1699 grams total, each about 9-1/2" long. Typical design, like o...

String of glass beads, Spanish colonial (1500s). 24.00 grams, 18" long. A wearable necklace (strung together by the finder) of trade beads, mo...