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RP3756 - CERAMICS

Rapid

Ceramic fragments: including Chinese blue/white porcelain. 1 x cup base sherd with dark blue under glaze decoration—Pagoda & fence; interior marking ? water and rocks.

Site Area Code North West

Site Location 30/32

Number of Items 16

Material CERAMICS

Museum Reference

Registration Number 3756

ID 14147

Status Commonwealth

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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RP3756 - CERAMICS

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