Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

RP5055 - Earthenware

Rapid

Jug, red earthenware. Ovoid body, rounded lip, handle missing (1 x fragment only). Outer dark brown glaze, cracked and abraded in places; inner dark brown glaze. Origin: North America.

Site Area Code North West

Site Location 16-18 S from concretion 1660-0430

Number of Items 1

Material Earthenware

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Registration Number 5055

ID 14811

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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RP5055 - Earthenware

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