Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

JM22 - Patterned Earthenware

James Matthews

Dish: square shaped earthenware w/ applied foot ring. Rounded upper rim w/ scalloped-edge royal blue border. Reconstructed from fragments.

Site Area Code Local

Number of Items 1

Material Patterned Earthenware

Museum Reference

Registration Number 22

ID 10982

Status Commonwealth

Map of shipwreck

James Matthews

The wreck was located in 1973 on
the north side of Woodman Point in
Cockburn Sound, by members of the
Underwater Explorers Club (UEC) who
were conducting an underwater line
search as part of their wreck research
programme.
Archival research revealed that
James Matthews was a snow-brig of 107
tons, registered at the Port of London.
The...