Treasure and World Coin Auction # 16

Encrusted silver plate, intact. 529 grams, 9" in diameter. Complete plate with only a small portion of oxidized silver exposed, the rest neatl...

Intact earthenware "olive" jar, very rare. 3775 grams, 11" tall and 9" widest diameter. A phenomenal artifact, reported to be o...

Long steel rapier blade. 366 grams, 45" long. This piece was among a large shipment on this wreck, all the blades without hilts and rather wel...

Steel smallsword with hilt. 274 grams, 32-1/2" long. Apparently not part of the shipment of rapier blades on this ship but similar, with inter...

Short steel sword blade. 178 grams, 20" long. Among the shipment of rapier blades on this wreck were some short, single-sided sword blades lik...

Gold and red-coral rosary, complete and intact. The chain about 27" long, the cross about 2" x 1-1/2". Few shipwreck artifacts conve...

Gold-and-amethyst ring (~22K), about 3-4 carats. 4.21 grams, size 1-3/4. A curious jewel with large, rectangular, high-quality "emerald-cut&qu...

Gold-and-ruby buckle, ornate and intact. 19.61 grams, about 1-1/2" x 1". At first this looks modern because of polishing and the addition...

Gold "olive blossom" chain, intact. 43.91 grams, 32-1/2" long. A common type of gold chain from the 1715 Fleet, consisting of small,...

Lot of 26 small pieces of gold "olive blossom" chain. 31.87 grams total, about 21" total length. The usual type of chain from the 17...

Dutch bronze "six-pounder" cannon with Amsterdam proofmark, encrusted inside. About 90 lb, 28" long, 10" across trunnions, 5&qu...

Large gold reliquary pendant with engraved I-H-S (first three letters of "Jesus" in Latinized Greek), ex-Art McKee, plated in Weller's...

Small gold ring in encrustation with x-ray slides. 57.03 grams, approx. 2" x 1-1/2" x 1-1/2". About 3/4 of the outside of this tiny ...

Ivory fan/comb fragments in Riker box, ex-Meylach collection. 13.7 grams total; up to 4-1/4" long. A lot of six broken pieces of thin ivory wo...

Brass navigational dividers, complete and intact. 18.41 grams, 4-1/4" long. Very delicate and exceptionally well preserved, with sharp points ...

Large bronze navigational dividers, intact except for iron legs. 49.00 grams, 3-1/2" long. Thick-gauge bronze (darkly patinated) with operatio...

Stone grinding wheel. 40 lb, 15" in diameter and 2-1/2" thick. A big disk of greenish-gray stone (somewhat light for its size) with white...

Pair of spoons (one brass, one pewter). 61.30 grams total, 5-1/2" to 6" long. Simple spoons in mostly intact condition, just a few pieces...

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...