Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

CM89A - Patterned Earthenware

Cumberland

Soup bowl, part; new indented border. Spode ‘Chase after a Wolf’ pattern. Shows Indian hunters with spears or stones. The complete design shows a wolf running with a lamb in its mouth, chased by dogs. Typical Indian Sporting Series border pattern.
Impressed mark: SPODE 4

Site Area Code South West

Site Location W 7 / N 13

Number of Items 6

Material Patterned Earthenware

Museum Reference

Registration Number 89

ID 7269

Status Commonwealth

Map of shipwreck

Cumberland

The ship Cumberland was built of teak, iron fastened with iron knees, and had been sheathed with copper. It had two decks, and carried a proofed chain anchor cable as well as two coir rope cables. The vessel’s loaded draught was 17 ft (5.18 m). It was owned by Steel, Lamden and Company, and, under the command of Anthony Steel, had delivered a cargo of 16??000 bushels of wheat from Bombay to...