ZW1464 - Porcelain artefact

Zeewijk Wreck

Fragments of blue and white patterned porcelain/china x 10; white glazed ceramic x 1; green glaze porcelain x 1; and moulded colourless glass (19th century) x 7 (’BLE’, ‘D’).

  • Material Porcelain

  • Number of Items 19

  • Site Area Code Mid-West

  • Site Location Southern Abrolhos: Found guano occupation site- 6 paces NW of point 7

Museum Reference

  • artefact ZW1464 - Porcelain

  • Registration Number 1464

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Full information about the Porcelain
artefact ZW1464 - Porcelain
Ship Zeewijk
Status Commonwealth
Registration Number 1464
Description Fragments of blue and white patterned porcelain/china x 10; white glazed ceramic x 1; green glaze porcelain x 1; and moulded colourless glass (19th century) x 7 (’BLE’, ‘D’).
Material Porcelain
Number of Items 19
Site Area Code Mid-West
Site Location Southern Abrolhos: Found guano occupation site- 6 paces NW of point 7
Modification date Fri, 2007-10-26
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/artefacts/zw1464-porcelain
Map of shipwreck

Zeewijk

The Zeewijk built in Netherlands, by VOC, owned by VOC. The Zeewijk cargo was Coins, general cargo. The Master of the Zeewijk was Jan Steins, the Zeewijk had a crew of 212. The Zeewijk was lost 1727/06/09 at Houtman Abrolhos, Gun Island.

Zeewijk was wrecked on the Houtman Abrolhos, on 9 June 1727. The survivors built a second ship, the Sloepie, enabling 82 out of the initial crew of 208 to reach their initial destination of Batavia on 30 April 1728. The Zeewijk did not break up immediately and goods, including the treasure chests, were transferred to Gun Island, it was obvious to the crew that the ship could never be floated...

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