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Item 1: Four early
Dutch long neck free blown Dutch wine bottles also know as "Hoof
Wine Bottles" c1740 with twisted pontils. All are in excellent condition
7"-8" tall and were dug in Ternate Dutch East Indies Indonesia |
 Item 2: Three late
18th century Dutch shipwreck bottles found on a shipwrecked Dutch East
Indies retourship which is being salvaged off of the coast of Portugal.
The two mallets are 9" tall and the Dutch " Cosmopoliet"
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 Item 3: Three shipwreck boarding cutlass swords found on a shipwreck in the Malaka straits Dutch East Indies.All swords c1860-1880 and are in excellent condition still in a solid state with some stress lines due to drying out.There have been a number of these swords found over the last three years on this site and these will probably be the last ones to come out of the wreck site as most of the wreckage has now been salvaged.It's been very hard over the last three years to determine their place of origin but it looks as if a early Dutch Indiaman and a Chinese junk might have collided there at one time. Sword No1: 23 1/2" Sword no2: 22 1/4" Sword no3: 21 1/2" All swords $US875 each |
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 Item 4: Quarter deck brass ships bell found on a shipwreck near Batam Singapore. Photos show the bell half way through cleaning and just after a mild polish to maintain its original patina. There were no marks found on the bell to determine its origin, weight 10 lbs, 8" high x 8" dia $US850 |
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 Item 5: Large 17th century bronze Portuguese breech lock cannon measuring 66". Barrel length measures 42" with a 1 1/2 bore, 12" breech inside. On top of the front breech is a motif with an early Arabic inscription which might have been put there years ago by early Arab traders as a good luck gesture for future trading by Portuguese mariners. Estimated weight 150-200 lbs. This is probably one of the nicest larger of the breech cannons I have found in years and are becoming rarer as the years go by. This piece was found in the Dutch East Indies Kalimantan Timur POA |
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 Item 6: Early steel 56" English 4 pounder by Armstrong-Frederick pattern of 4 ft length and usally cast between 1770-1790. The trunnion diameter is about the same as its bore 3" and the trunnion on this gun is marked "4P" which is the caliber, borne out by the "88 mm" bore (84 mm when new). The date is faint but its looks as if there are two "88" which would date this gun 1788 which would keep it within its casting dates. This is a good solid gun and the metal is stable and there is little or no flaking. The gun was found on the island of Kalimantan Dutch East Indies and has an estimated weight of 300-450 lbs POA |
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 Item 7: Early English seal bottle dug in Johannesburg S.A "RHC 1815" Provenience, Richard Hall Clarke 1759-1821 was JP of Dridwell, Uffculme in Devon. Bottle was to commerate his return back from the battle of Waterloo. Bottle measures 10" high and has slight chip damage along outer top left hand side of seal. Reduced price $US750 |
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  Item 9: Rare ships bronze ornamental stern "Escutcheon" or stern ornamental plate. Most likely belonging to an early c1907 Dutch Navel vessel. The plate or escutcheon was slavaged from the stern of what was thought to be an early Dutch East Indies vessle in international waters north east of the Celebe Islands. Only the stern was exposed and there were no other pieces to establish the ships providence as far as the name of the vessel except for the stern ornament. The name at the base of the ornament reads "JEMAINTIENDRAI" and is the motto of the "House of Orange and Nassau" and means "I will maintain". The stern plate is the coat of arms for the royal family of the Netherlands and measures 27" long, 24" high and weights est,120 lbs. In the Netherlands this type of escutcheon is know as "Wapenschild ( Beschern) Plaatja Naamplaat Van EEN Schip" POA |
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 Item 10: Signal cannon gone wrong on someone after some use. Found in an old barn in Lexington Kentucky USA. All steel 26" long x 1 1/4 " bore c1880-1900. No manufactures mark or name can be found. Would make a nice desk and conversation piece. $US875 |
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 Item 11: Early T'ang water jar c1618-906, 12" high found on a shipwreck Tuban Indonesia $US265 |
 Item 12: Free blown Dutch mallet wine bottle found on a Dutch East Indies shipwreck in the Dutch East Indies, c1700, 6 ½" $US450 |
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 Item 13: Beautiful well refined "Bedil Gargabus" bronze blunder-bluss Brunei cannon measuring 45" long with a 5 1/2" mouth. Trunnions 1" dia with a 14" circumference 1st reinforce. Estimated weight 80 lbs found Makassar Dutch East Indies c1840. This is not a shipwreck cannon and is in prime condition WAS $US3,800 NOW $US3,200 |
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 Item 14: Martaban South East Asian storage jar 15th-16th century. Found at sea near Malaysia Timur 14" $US650 |
 Item 15: Martaban South East Asian storage jar 15th-16th century. Found at sea near Malaysia Timur 14" $US650 |
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 Item 17: Rare 15th century double ended over and under bronze Chinese pole gonne. The cannon or gonne oppose each other with the strike holes doing the same. This pole gonne would have been mounted on a pole with some type of swival on it. This is a sea salvage item which is still in very good condition. Estimated weight 10lbs, length 42" with a 1" bore. $US975 SOLD |
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 Item 18: Large masked Dutch saltglazed stoneware bellarmine jug c1700. Found Dutch East Indies. Probably VOC .Co 19 ½" $US1800 |
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 Item 19: Chinese bronze pole gonne 14-15th century. Sea salvage cannon found in the Dutch East Indies "Laut Maluku". In very good condition. 21" long with 1/2 bore flared end for insertion of pole. Estimated weight 5lbs WAS $US925 NOW $US650 |
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 Item 20: Early bronze Chinese pole gonne 14-15th century. This is a sea salvage gonne found on a shipwreck in Tuban Dutch East Indies. The strike hole is clean and this item is in good condition with excellent patina 21 ½" long with a 3/4" bore $US650 SOLD |
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 Item 21: Spanish silver " Cob " real of 4 dated 1766 recovered by divers from the site of a wreck at " Rill Cove ",The Lizard,in the county of Cornwall England and is believed to be part of the treasure from the legendary " Lizard Treasure Wreck " The coin has a silver surround with bale to take a chain to be used as a pendant. $US525 |
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 Item 22: Early c1750 free blown Dutch onion wine bottle with twisted pontil with early rolled string lip 7" in excellent condition. Found in the jungle Dutch East Indies $US225 |
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 Item 24: Dutch-Portuguese signal cannon in its original carriage. Found in a small village in Menado Sulawesi Utara Indonesia. Cannon measures 18" long with a large 1 1/4" bore, trunnion length 1 3/4" with a 1" dia, trunnion. Length of carriage is 37" and is missing its front leg. I have inspected the brackets and nails holding the trunnions and they look to be hand made and the cannon looks to have been imbedded in the same position for some years. This item would make a beautiful display item WAS $US3,000 + shipping NOW $US2,800 + shipping |
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 Item 26: Mei-Ping Chinese flask. c1368. This large size is most unusual for this type of early Mei-Ping flask which was used in the early days by the Chinese to store mercury. Measures 14" high and was found in the port of Tuban Indonesia on a shipwreck. Stand not included. $US450 |
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 Item 27: Rare bronze Portuguese Howitzer dated "1866" possiably cast in France but most likely cast at the "Royal Arsenal In Portugal" as stated on the rear back breach above the button astragal "ARSENAL DO EXERCITO". This gun has a traditional French shape similer to howitzers cast in Nantes France and measures 38" long with a 6" rifled bore, weight 103.7 KILOS. It has a square rear sight set to the right of the breach button and has 6 rifling lands numbered on the muzzle face. Trunnions are 3 1/2" long x 2 1/2" dia and are well marked as can seen by the photos. The crest on top of the 1st reinforce has the letter "L" to the left and in the center circle the number "1" which would suggest that the howitzer was part of King Luiz 1st military arsenal who was king of Portugal in 1866. This howitizer was a sea salvage gun which was found in the Dutch East Indies and judging by the condition and patina would suggest that it was only in the sea for a very short time. POA SOLD |
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 Item 28: Early English seal "RHC 1815" provenience, Richard Hall Clarke 1759-1821 was JP of Dridwell, Uffculme in Devon. Bottle was to commerate his return from the battle of Waterloo. 10 1/4" mint condition $US1,200 |
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