Treasure and World Coin Auction # 16

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...

String of glass beads, Spanish colonial (1500s). 37.47 grams, 27" long. A wearable necklace (strung together by the finder) of trade beads, mo...

Intact black-glass finger ring, Spanish colonial (1500s), very rare as intact. 1.13 grams, size 8-3/4. Large-size (for the time) fluted ring with 8-p

Spanish colonial silver crucifix, mid-1700s, from the area of the Ocilla River in north Florida. 26.48 grams, about 3" x 1-3/4". Plain, d...

Large, ornate, silver reliquary pendant with paper portrait of saint in center, Spanish or Portuguese colonial, late 1700s. 47.09 grams, 3-1/2"...

Gold crucifix, late 1700s, Spanish or Portuguese. 24.77 grams, about 3-1/2" x 2". Bright and shiny gold and quite showy in design, with s...

French wooden crucifix, early 1800s. 198 grams, 14" tall. Simple wooden cross with bone attachments that include plaque with INRI at top, Chri...

Silver Jesus figure from a crucifix, Peruvian, 1830s. 237 grams, 5-3/4" x 4". Heavy silver with nice old toning, all details clear, nail ...

Gold stylus with ruby and long chain, 1800s, South American. 29.88 grams, the pointer 5" long and the original solid chain about 64" long...

Gold/pearl pin with toothpick/earspoon on chain, 1800s, South American. 19.17 grams, the pin 4", the pick 2" and the chain 12-1/2" l...

Lot of hundreds of long, blue, tubular, glass trade beads, Spanish colonial, 1500s-1600s. 368 grams total. Long pieces of light-blue glass, typical e

Lot of hundreds of small glass trade beads and small crystals, Spanish colonial, 1500s-1600s. 58.47 grams total. Mostly dark blue and cubic in shape,

Pair of Spanish (?) colonial-period silverplated brass candlestick holders. 1236 grams total, each 6-1/2" tall and with 4"-square base. B...

Brass mortar and pestle, Spanish colonial, 1600s. 2230 grams total, the mortar about 3-1/4" tall and 4-1/2" in diameter, the pestle 8&quo...

Large, coiled, bronze, African "Igbo Ibo" manilla (bracelet currency) from Nigeria, 1600s or 1700s, rare. 3454 grams, 11" long and 4...

Large bronze African "queen" manilla (bracelet currency) from Nigeria, 1700s, rare. 1284 grams, 9" long. A thick C-shape of heavily ...

Iron slave shackles from the Congo River region of Nigeria, 1800s. 742 grams, 14" long. A plain rod with one end flattened and the other with ...

Earthenware "olive jar" (long shape, 1720s), intact but with encrustation as recovered from the harbor of Veracruz, Mexico. 3669 grams, 1...

Dutch glass "onion" bottle, ca. 1750. 619 grams, 7" tall and 5-1/2" in diameter. Perfectly intact, with no chips or stars or cr...

Dutch glass "onion" bottle, ca. 1750, with exterior exfoliation. 490 grams, 7" tall and 5-1/4" in diameter. So-called "oni...

Dutch "case gin" bottle, mid-1800s. 620 grams, 10" tall and up to 3-1/4" to a side. No stars or cracks, minor shoulder-chip (po...

Brass/copper tobacco box, French/Flemish, 1700s. 219 grams, 6-1/4" long, 2-1/4" wide and 1-1/4" tall. Elegant and attractive oval ca...

Steel/brass English balance scales for gold coins, with weights, in original case, made by Freeman & New (London), mid-1700s (Georgian). 125 gr...

Large steel die for wax seals on official Spanish documents, Isabel II (1833-68). 1990 grams, 3-3/4" in diameter and 2-1/4" tall. Very br...

Two-pound iron meteorite from Arizona, rare size. 946 grams, roughly 5" x 3" x 2". A jagged piece of iron with golf-ball-size crater...