Clay pipe bowl fragments; x6 bowls with SVS heel mark; x4 bowls with crown heel mark; and x1 bowl with leaping deer (springend hert) heel mark.
Site Location Gun Island: xyz- Unknown. Salt bush flat area.
Number of Items 11
Material Clay pipes
Registration Number 5589
ID 19916
Status Commonwealth
Zeewijk was wrecked on the Houtman Abrolhos on 9 June 1727. The Zeewijk did not break up immediately and goods, including the treasure chests, were transferred to Gun Island. It was obvious to the crew that the ship could never be floated from its position locked into the reef.
A rescue group of eleven of the fittest survivors and First Mate set off for Batavia in the longboat on 10 July...