SE4505 - Stoneware
Sepia
Ceramic container base with inscription “Lovatt & Lovatt, Notts, Lainley Mill”
Site Area Code Local
Number of Items 1
Material Stoneware
Museum Reference
Registration Number 4505
ID 53603
Ceramic container base with inscription “Lovatt & Lovatt, Notts, Lainley Mill”
Site Area Code Local
Number of Items 1
Material Stoneware
Registration Number 4505
ID 53603
Sepia, a three-masted barque, was built by Denton, Grey and Company of Hartlepool and was owned by Bethell, Gwyn and Company, London. The vessel, well known as a trader on the Fremantle run, left London on 14 September 1898. Aboard were twelve crew and a mixed cargo of 1 200 tons valued at between £1 200 and £1 400.
Travelling at ten knots on the evening of 29 December, the Sepia ran...