EU1730 - Porcelain
Europa
Plates, bread and butter size, white china.
Site Area Code Mid-West
Number of Items 20
Material Porcelain
Museum Reference
Registration Number 1730
ID 8481
Status Commonwealth
Plates, bread and butter size, white china.
Site Area Code Mid-West
Number of Items 20
Material Porcelain
Registration Number 1730
ID 8481
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,...