Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

JM480 - Patterned Earthenware

James Matthews

Jug: Earthenware large [for milk] incomplete. Pale blue printed decoration of oriental houses & trees on body of jug. Hibiscus flowers & garlands alternate w/ picture motifs around outer & inner rims. Maker unidentified.

Site Area Code Local

Number of Items 8

Material Patterned Earthenware

Museum Reference

Registration Number 480

ID 11477

Status Commonwealth

Map of shipwreck

James Matthews

The wreck was located in 1973 on
the north side of Woodman Point in
Cockburn Sound, by members of the
Underwater Explorers Club (UEC) who
were conducting an underwater line
search as part of their wreck research
programme.
Archival research revealed that
James Matthews was a snow-brig of 107
tons, registered at the Port of London.
The...