Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

RP1866 - Porcelain

Rapid

Saucer (or dish), partially restored from fragments, Chinese porcelain. Dark blue and white under glaze decoration. Reflecting style of English ‘Willow Pattern’ with diamond diaper border. No reign or maker’s marks.

Site Area Code North West

Number of Items 1

Material Porcelain

Museum Reference

Registration Number 1866

ID 12984

Status Commonwealth

Artefacts

Rapid

An American China trader wrecked at Ningaloo reef in 1811. The first example of an outwardbound American China trader to be examined from the archaeological perspective. Reported in the Columbian Sentinel dated 3 August 1811 to have had
$280 000 in specie on its outward journey from Boston.
Rapid departed Boston for Canton on 28 September 1810. After rounding the
Cape of...

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