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Artifacts

SHIPWRECK ARTIFACTS

The 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.

 

 

 From an unidentified 1400s-1500s wreck off Luuk Island, Philippines

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Long-neck 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
Large celadon earthenware bowl, Sawankhalok (north-central Thailand). 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

 

 

 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. 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

 

 From the Sacramento, sunk 1668 off the Bay of All Saints, Bahia, Brazil

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Small natural pearl, spherical, about 3 mm and 0.23 carat. 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

Small natural pearl, spherical, about 3 mm and 0.23 carat.

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
Small natural pearl, spherical, about 3 mm and 0.23 carat. 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

 

 

 From the 1715 Fleet, east coast of Florida

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About half of an ornate silver bulb. 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
Signed lithograph print of the Rooswijk shipwreck of 1739, limited edition (400 copies made), by artist Ralph Curnow (2006).

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

 

 From the 1733 Fleet, Florida Keys

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Pewter plate. 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

 

 From the Vliegenthart, sunk in 1735 off Zeeland, the Netherlands

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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 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
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 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
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 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

 

From Geldermalsen ("Nanking Cargo"), sunk in 1752

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Brass musket furniture fragment with English 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

 

 

From the Tilbury (1757), sunk off Nova Scotia, Canada

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Brass musket furniture fragment with English 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

 

 

From the Scipion, sunk in 1782 off the Dominican Republic

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Small, brass uniform button with anchor design.

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
Brass shoe buckle with encrustation.

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
Large, brass uniform button with encrustation.

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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