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Sawankhalok gourd shaped bottle with two ears, brown glaze.

Early Ming bottle (medicine jar) under glaze blue and white, probably 16th century Chinese.

Chinese medicine jar, underglaze blue and white porcelain, floral and scale motif.

Squat jar with no mouth-rim and carefully formed foot covered in white glaze, probably early Ming period (Chinese or Vietnamese origin).

Sawankhalok jar with wide mouth degraded brown glaze, 15th Century.

Chinese blue and white porcelain underglaze medicine jar, Ming period. Good quality glaze.

Chinese blue and white porcelain underglaze medicine jar, Ming period. Good quality glaze.

Sawankhalok celadon bowl, incised lotus decoration on cavetto.

Ming celadon medicine bottle, crackle glaze, damage to neck rim.

Blue and white underglazed Ming period medicine jar, related to Kraak-ware. Damaged neck.

Large blue and white underglaze jar with small neck, slight damage to body and neck, Chinese, 15th-16th Century, decoration consisting of running deer and palm trees.

Sawankhalok eared jarlet decorated in green celadon, high foot burnt red in firing, chip to mouth rim.

Sawankhalok bowl decorated in celadon glaze, interior decorated with incised concentric rings.

Sawankalok celadon jar decorated in degraded green glaze, the exterior also decorated in vertical ribs incised on the biscuit.

Sawankhalok jar with four lug handles (lid missing), cream celadon glaze on red biscuit.

Terracotta elephant with rider, head of rider missing - with traces of goldleaf application, votive object, from Ayuthya period, recovered from river 16th-17th Century.

Vietnamese plate with chocolate bottom, underglaze iron decoration, glaze degraded.

Vietnamese saucer-dish, underglaze iron decoration with floral medallion in centre.

Sukhothai bowl, underglaze iron decoration, restored.

Vietnamese beaker, cream glaze, cut foot, cylindrical body, 15th Century.

Sung saucer, everted rim, moulded decoration incised on biscuit covered in creamy-white glaze.

Small Vietnamese bowl, underglaze blue decoration motif at centre of bowl is copy from early Chinese blue and white export ware.

Sung or early Ming saucer, restored light green glaze.

Early Ming saucer, red biscuit, light green celadon-type glaze, similar to those found on Koh Kram ships, sometimes described as Chamware.

Saucer/bowl probably of Vietnamese origin covered in greenish celadon glaze, shining white biscuit, probably 16th Century, but possibly earlier.

Similar to 4242 (Early Ming saucer, red biscuit, light green celadon-type glaze, similar to those found on Koh Kram ships, sometimes described as Chamware), related jar of squat form, hole in base, glaze degraded.

Similar to 4245, but of even smaller form, brownish glaze, two lug handles, damaged, pale pink biscuit, Chinese, early Ming period.

Globular jar with two lug ears, Chinese celadon, moulded decoration consisting of peonies and foliage, 13th Century.

Chinese Ming celadon bowl, repaired.

Thai jar, unglazed stoneware, date uncertain, probably 16th Century.

Ming saucer decorated in grey-green celadon glaze.

Early Ming saucer/bowl with white biscuit, decorated in light green celadon glaze.

Sung saucer/bowl, chipped lobed rim decorated in pale greenish celadon glaze, pressed medallion design in centre.

Saucer section: ’W.H.GRINDLEY&CO.ENGLAND’ on base

Toy pistol - die cast, shaped like a Lugger pistol with a long, thin barrel. Missing parts of handle and trigger. Hammer is in a cocked position. Covered in large shells and concretion. Makers mark on one side reads ‘CRESCENT TOY CO LTD’.

Fragment of Nail head

Grenade

Fragment, lead

Stair bead, brass

Chinese stoneware bowl, underglaze blue and white interior and decorated on exterior with green celadon glaze, Ming period.

Ming plate, cream porcelain glaze with applied enamels in red/green/yellow.

Ming Swatow ware plate, decorated in interior with overglaze and green decoration of phoenix and flowers,16th Century.

Saucer/dish with foliated rim, Ming period, celadon glaze with traces of enamel.

Celadon bowl, Ming period, decorated in grey/green celadon, vertical ribs on outside of bowl, this type closely related to Sawankhalok, repaired.

Bowl, underglaze blue and white with floral decoration, Ming period.

Bowl, underglaze blue and white decoration of mounted horsemen on the outside and meditating scholar on the inside. Chinese, Ming period.

Saucer, foliated rim, Ming period with celadon greenish glaze and traces of red enamel.

Tea cup, Chinese porcelain, Ching-Pai glaze, Ming period.

Tea cup, Ming period.

Small bowl, underglaze blue and white, bamboo decoration, Ming period.

Bowl, underglaze blue and white, crackle body, related to medicine bottles, Ming period.

Bowl, underglaze blue and white, crackle body, related to medicine bottles, Ming period. Interior decoration consisting of a single figure, outside plain decoration.

Ming period bowl, underglaze blue and white decoration of finely drawn horsemen on the outside and on the inside meditating scholar.

Bowl w/ brown glaze with red biscuit, possibly a mortar. Thai, probably Ayuthya period, 16th-17th Century

Plate, underglaze blue and white, overall floral decoration with character mark on base, late Ming.

Large plate, underglaze blue and white geometric bands in cavetto and charactor mark in centre of dish, Ching period.

Saucer/dish,underglaze blue and white, character mark in base and floral decoration, Ching period.

Saucer, Ching period, underglaze blue and white, spiral mark to centre of interior of dish, floral decoration, character mark on base.

Shallow bowl, Swatow ware, floral decoration, Ching period.

Ceramic disk or ‘stilt’ . Diam. 41 mm.

Iron concretion

Iron concretion. Circular (nail impressions ?)

iron bolt conglomeration

iron fastening

iron fastening

iron fastening (small concreted nail)

Iron fastening

Copper sheet and concretion

Green glass case bottle body sherd.

Shoe sole - leather. Intact but almost split in middle. Eroded at ball of sole. Nail/tack holes still visible. Likely a woman’s shoe due to dimensions.

Suitcase lock - also known as a Portmanteau lock. Rectangular base plate with screw holes in each corner. Slightly right from centre is an oval indent where the lock would have sat. On the left side of the plate the ‘T’ shaped latch is still locked into the base plate, with a hinge with two screw holes near the top. The back of the plate clearly shows the lock pin holding the latch in place.

Shackle - metal shackle comprised of two thick bars. The first is ‘U’ shaped, with each end forming a ring. The holes of each ring are parallel to each other, one is smooth and the other internally threaded. The second metal bar is straight. It begins with ring (smaller than those on the ‘U’) with a slight lip The remainder of the bar passes through the smooth ring, and then threads into the second ring. Small amounts of erosion that follow the grain of the metal to form eroded ines.

Fork - metal fork, four tines. Thin stem with a rounded handle. The tips of the right hand tines are slightly eroded and are shorter than than the left hand tines. Entire artefact is slightly eroded, with evidence of a makers mark on the back of the stem “DOHRCO HEAVY”. Front of handle engraved with ‘Y-59’.

Gauge housing: Empty housing, gauge contents and faceplate missing. Gauge mostly circular with a short, rounded spout protruding from one side. Front of gauge has three screws, two on either side of the spout, and one on the far side. At the back of the gauge these three screws are connected by two twisted wires. At the centre back of the gauge is a coupling with a rubber washer. The coupling unscrews cleanly to reveal two small, black, metal balls in a rounded cavity. Back of gauge is lettered with ‘SEA 36758’

Compact case - the lid of a woman’s powder or mirror compact. Quite ornate, embossed with detailed scrollwork which is visible on both the front and back of the lid. Inside of lid is slightly indented on one side where the hinge would have been. Copper coloured with black erosion. Small eroded hole next to hinge indent.

Ceramic, white porcelain cup handle

Square spike fastening

Eye bolt concretion, iron

Circular flange w/ hinge, brass.

Iron fitting or fastening

Hull spike, square, rose head; square shank and taper point. (See also RE2648 sacrificial wood for analysis)

Button, 4-hole trouser type. Brass front and steel (?) back (corroded).

Button

Buckle, rectangular frame with bar and two pins. Reverse of frame marked ‘PARIS’ and bar ‘SOLIDE’ with S-shaped scroll either side. [Probably uniform buckle, same as others found on ridge to west of bottle site - See DHE76].

Sheathing, with nail holes along its three straight sides and diagonally across the middle

Button with ‘29’. Cast bronze, military style coat button of the 29th Regiment.

Sounding Lead

Green bottle base and partial body

lead piece possibly pump dale/scupper assembly

Pintle/gudgeon arm

Fixed or movable copper handle, complete, good condition.

Eroded copper alloy object, probably part of tap barrel.

Copper alloy sheathing nail

Hasp from officer’s shoulder belt. Decorative, cast copper alloy (bronze or brass).

Ink well, complete

Bolt

Nail, round head

Keel staple

Bottle base, green glass, round.