 Click thumbnail for a larger image. | Creator(s): unknown Description: White china oval shaped lid (part 1) from a serving dish, with a raised leaf pattern. The base (part 2) of the dish is broken into 8 fragments. It broke after recovery. While under the sea the pottery became waterlogged and absorbed salts. When it was exposed to the air, the salts dried out at a different rate to the pottery, and the stress of this action caused the dish to fall apart. From the wreck of the 'Cambridgeshire', an iron full rigged ship wrecked close to Night Island, near Cape Barren Island, in 1875. The rock on which she went aground in now known as Cambridgeshire Reef. Format: realia Object: kitchen equipment Material: chinaware Titles: Serving Dish Lid and Base Subjects: shipwrecks; plates (dishes) Institution: George Town and District Historical Society Inc. Object number: GTH_PS0152 Disclaimer The content of this record is provided by George Town and District Historical Society Inc.. For any questions about the content please contact them. |
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