EU3261B - Glass
Europa
Bottles: dark [w/ corks and contents separate]
Cork inside F
Corks from bottles- A C D E G H M L.
Bag of bottle contents with bottles in Tray 09
Site Area Code Mid-West
Number of Items 13
Material Glass
Museum Reference
Registration Number 3261
ID 24182
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,...
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