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Artifacts
SHIPWRECK ARTIFACTSThe heart of every
treasure wreck is its cargo of coins and bullion, but there is treasure to be
found in everything else the wreck yields, as this page will clearly show! In
addition to mundane items like nails and spikes, there is also gold jewelry,
pearls and emeralds, and even weapons and personal effects that are all much,
much rarer than coins. The key to these items is provenance, and we do our best
to make sure the origin of each item is preserved and certified.
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From an unidentified 1400s-1500s wreck off Luuk Island, Philippines
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Long-neck
"blanc-de-chine" Chinese porcelain vase, Ming Dynasty.
A lovely bulbous vase with
long, flared neck and flat base, all white under glaze (typically crackled),
perfectly intact but with a large oyster shell protruding from the top and a
film of coral on the bottom, roughly 9" tall and 5" at its widest, with
official sticker from the Philippines National Museum (establishing
authenticity and legitimacy). Recovered from: Unidentified 1400s-1500s wreck
off Luuk Island, Philippines |
k050804191091 |
$795 |
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Large celadon
earthenware bowl, Sawankhalok (north-central Thailand).
About 9½" in diameter and
4½" tall, larger than the above bowl but with less design (faint green, the
exterior also ribbed), perfectly intact but thickly encrusted with large
oyster shells, an impressive display, with official sticker from the
Philippines National Museum (establishing authenticity and legitimacy).
Recovered from: Unidentified 1400s-1500s wreck off Luuk Island, Philippines |
k050804191092 |
$375 |
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From the
Santa Margarita, sunk in 1622 west of Key
West, Florida, with original Fisher photo-certificate
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Small natural pearl,
spherical, about 3 mm and 0.23 carat.
Nice white color and nacre
but with a couple points. With original Fisher photo-certificate. Recovered
from: Santa Margarita, sunk in 1622 west of Key West, Florida. |
k080807346036 |
$225 |
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From the
Sacramento, sunk 1668
off the
Bay of All Saints, Bahia, Brazil
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Large lead seal (English) with angel design.
A very impressive seal with ornate angel surrounded by legend, part of connector pieces at top and bottom, a little wrinked and encrusted (tan in color) but intact and a great display. |
k070801011001 |
$195 |
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Lead cloth seal
(Brazilian), complete. A very fat (high relief) and almost spherical,
intact seal with Brazilian arms design on both sides, lightly dusted with
sediment. |
k070801011004 |
$95 |
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Various lead seals
(Brazilian). Small, fat seals with Brazilian arms (and some lettering),
nearly all intact (a few with sharp cuts), all more or less encrusted,
14
available. |
k070801011008-21 |
$75 each individually or $695 for the whole lot of 14 |
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From the 1715 Fleet, east coast of
Florida
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About half of an ornate silver bulb.
Spherical, 3" in diameter, with 3/4" neck (holed) at top, ornately engraved in the bright silver surfaces (thin), one small piece broken off, a mysterious object that looks for all the world like a Christmas tree ornament but probably had some religious purpose in its time. |
k050804191095 |
$475 |
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Modern silver buckle with
small piece of ballast stone from one of the wrecks. Large, impressive,
sturdy silver belt buckle showing a crowned shield with a gray, oval,
polished small stone in center that engraving on the back asserts comes from
a 1715-Fleet wreck. |
l051004190002 |
$60 |
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From the
1733 Fleet, Florida
Keys
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Pewter plate.
A full plate, 9" in diameter
with about 1"-diameter rim, intact but flattened and a little wrinkled,
lightly encrusted with brown and white against a dark gray background,
impressive artifact. Recovered from: Spanish 1733 Fleet, Florida Keys |
k050804191098 |
$595 |
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From
the Vliegenthart,
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Wooden knife handle. Full handle in dark brown wood (lightweight) with some
design remaining, several small splits and holes but stable, with brass ring
at end. Recovered from: Vliegenthart, sunk in 1735 off Zeeland, the
Netherlands |
k090807365006 |
$95 |
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Curved leather liner for a cartridge box. Banana-shaped but thin, with
embossed design on one side, remarkably intact, attributed by an expert in
militaria.
Recovered from: Vliegenthart, sunk in 1735 off Zeeland, the
Netherlands |
k090807365005 |
$60 |
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Intact, wire-wrapped cutlass handle/grip. Beautiful,
perfectly intact grip with the braided wire wrapped tight around a wooden
core, remarkable condition (best we have seen).
Recovered from: Vliegenthart, sunk in 1735 off Zeeland, the
Netherlands |
k090807365006 |
$395 |
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From Geldermalsen ("Nanking Cargo"), sunk in 1752
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Intact blue-on-white Chinese porcelain saucer, Qianlong "Imari
pavilion" design. Nice specimen of a commonly seen artifact, about 4-1/2" in
diameter and 5/8" tall, this one with much of the gray overglaze paint as
well as gold highlights adhering to the typical design in blue showing a
pavilion on a rocky outcrop, the glaze still lustrous, minor frits in rim
only, with certificate. |
k061003011001 |
$95 |
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From the
Tilbury (1757), sunk off Nova Scotia, Canada
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Brass musket furniture
fragment with English "broad arrow" mark.
Flat, rounded segment of the
extensive brass ornamentation and accoutrement (known to collectors as the
"furniture") from an English, colonial-era musket, one end broken but the
other coming to a distinct point, with clear arrow stamped into the flat
surface. Recovered from the Tilbury (1757) |
k110620071063 |
$75 |
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From the
Scipion, sunk in 1782 off the Dominican Republic
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Small, brass uniform
button with anchor design. Intact but uncleaned, with anchor design on
front (bent loop on back), some fine encrustation, with important original
certificate (Caribe Salvage). Note this French ship was engaged against the
British in the American Revolutionary War when she sank in 1782. |
k051004191036 |
$60 |
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Brass shoe buckle with encrustation. About 1-1/2" in
size, simple in design but attractively thickly encrusted in the middle,
this intact buckle is important mostly for its original certificate (Caribe
Salvage) and shipwreck provenance, which was a French ship engaged against
the British in the American Revolutionary War when she sank. |
k061004191009 |
$75 |
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Large, brass uniform button with encrustation. Over 1"
in diameter and nearly 1/2" thick, with a rope-like pattern on the front and
the loop in back thickly encrusted, dark but with brassy highlights, this
intact button is important mostly for its original certificate (Caribe
Salvage) and shipwreck provenance, which was a French ship engaged against
the British in the American Revolutionary War when she sank. |
k061004191008 |
$75 |
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