Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

CM109 - Patterned Earthenware

Cumberland

Plate, circular, sherds: blue and white Spode ‘Common Wolf Trap’ pattern.
Printed marks: SPODE and COMMON WOLF TR-- and B
[’B’ series of patterns - a numbering system especially for underglaze wares was stared in 1822.]

Site Area Code South West

Site Location E 5-10 / S 5

Number of Items 3

Material Patterned Earthenware

Museum Reference

Registration Number 109

ID 7289

Status Commonwealth

Map of shipwreck

Cumberland

The ship Cumberland was built of teak, iron fastened with iron knees, and had been sheathed with copper. It had two decks, and carried a proofed chain anchor cable as well as two coir rope cables. The vessel’s loaded draught was 17 ft (5.18 m). It was owned by Steel, Lamden and Company, and, under the command of Anthony Steel, had delivered a cargo of 16??000 bushels of wheat from Bombay to...