EU1728 - Patterned Earthenware
Europa
Plates, bread and butter size, white china
Site Area Code Mid-West
Number of Items 20
Material Patterned Earthenware
Museum Reference
Registration Number 1728
ID 8479
Status Commonwealth
Plates, bread and butter size, white china
Site Area Code Mid-West
Number of Items 20
Material Patterned Earthenware
Registration Number 1728
ID 8479
Status Commonwealth
Europa, originally named Haidee, was an iron barque built by C. Mitchell & Co., Newcastle, England, in 1869 for John Annan Simpson of Leith. According to Lloyd’s Register it was built under Special Survey and of heavier plate than the rules required. Although it had only one deck it was fitted with two tiers of beams.
At some time it was sold to Jean J. Bordes of Bordeaux, France,...