BAT326 - Stoneware
Batavia
Jug: Seigburg type. Mask w/ lions either side and 2 medallions. Jan Allers seal. White w/ cobalt blue design.
Site Area Code Mid-West
Site Location Found in sand trough at wreck site
Number of Items 1
Material Stoneware
Museum Reference
Registration Number 326
ID 8170
Status Commonwealth
Under commandeur Francisco Pelsaert, and Ariaen Jacobsz skipper, newly built Batavia sailed from Texel 27 October 1628 for the Dutch East Indies with bullion, goods and silver. On 4 June 1629 the ship struck a reef near Beacon Island in the Houtman Abrolhos. Of the 322 aboard 40 drowned and the rest got ashore. In search of water and food Jacobsz, Pelsaert and others left site in a 30-foot (9....
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