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Title Description Material Number of Itemssort icon ANCODS Wreck
KMB12 - Fittings

Treenail

Fittings 1 Samuel Wright
NRC6141 - Glass

Glass bottle fragment. Base only. dark glass.

Glass 1 Correio da Azia
KMB13 - Miscellaneous

Timber fragment

Miscellaneous 1 Samuel Wright
NRC6142 - Glass

Glass bottle fragment. top only.

Glass 1 Correio da Azia
KMB14 - Miscellaneous

Timber fragment

Miscellaneous 1 Samuel Wright
NRC6143 - Glass

Glass bottle fragment. Small neck piece only.

Glass 1 Correio da Azia
KMB15 - Ship's timber

Timber frame fragment

Ship's timber 1 Samuel Wright
KMB116 - Animal

Bone

Animal 1 Samuel Wright
NRC6144 - CERAMICS

Ceramic fragment. White ware fragment.

CERAMICS 1 Correio da Azia
NRC6145 - Glass

Glass bottle fragment. Base.

Glass 1 Correio da Azia
NRC6146 - Glass

Glass bottle fragment. base only.

Glass 1 Correio da Azia
NRC6147 - Glass

Glass bottle fragment. base only

Glass 1 Correio da Azia
KMB121 - Animal

Bone

Animal 1 Samuel Wright
NRC6149 - Glass

Glass bottle base and body fragment

Glass 1 Correio da Azia
KMB122 - Animal

Bone

Animal 1 Samuel Wright
NRC6150 - CERAMICS

white glazed ceramic fragment

CERAMICS 1 Correio da Azia
KMB123 - Animal

Bone (?)/Shell (?)

Animal 1 Samuel Wright
KMB133 - Glass

Glass fragment

Glass 1 Samuel Wright
KMB134 - Rope/leather/etc.

sea grass (originally thought to be a leather shoe sole)

Rope/leather/etc. 1 Samuel Wright
KMB135 - Glass

glass fragment

Glass 1 Samuel Wright
KMB136 - Copper/brass

Sheathing

Copper/brass 1 Samuel Wright
KMB138 - Bricks

Brick fragment

Bricks 1 Samuel Wright
KMB139 - Miscellaneous

Timber fragment

Miscellaneous 1 Samuel Wright
KMB140 - Concretions

Concretion

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
KMB144 - Miscellaneous

Timber fragment

Miscellaneous 1 Samuel Wright
KMB145 - Ship's fittings

Timber and concretion fragment (fastener (?))

Ship's fittings 1 Samuel Wright
KMB147 - Animal

Bone

Animal 1 Samuel Wright
KMB149 - Concretions

Concretion, possible fastener

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
KMB150 - Concretions

Concretion, Possible fastener

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
KMB151 - Miscellaneous/Unidentified

Concretion, fasteners (?) and ballast

Miscellaneous/Unidentified 1 Samuel Wright
KMB152 - Concretions

Concretion, fastener (?)

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
KMB153 - Concretions

Concretion, possible barrel hoop

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
KMB154 - Concretions

Concretion

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
KMB155 - Concretions

Concretion, Possible fasteners

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
KMB156 - Concretions

Concretion, Possible fastener

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
KMB157 - Concretions

Concretion, possible barrel hoop

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
KMB158 - Concretions

Concretion, possible barrel hoop

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
KMB159 - Concretions

Concretion, possible barrel hoop

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
KMB160 - Concretions

Concretion, possible barrel hoop

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
KMB161 - Ship's fittings

Concretion, fastener

Ship's fittings 1 Samuel Wright
KMB162 - Ship's fittings

Concretion, fastener

Ship's fittings 1 Samuel Wright
KMB163 - Concretions

Concretion

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
KMB164 - Animal

Bone, possible rib

Animal 1 Samuel Wright
KMB166 - Animal

Bone

Animal 1 Samuel Wright
KMB167 - Glass

Glass bottle fragment

Glass 1 Samuel Wright
KMB168 - Animal

Bone

Animal 1 Samuel Wright
KMB184 - Copper/brass

Brass watermark number “9”

Copper/brass 1 Samuel Wright
KMB185 - Clay pipes

pipe stem fragment

Clay pipes 1 Samuel Wright
KMB186 - Clay pipes

pipe stem fragment

Clay pipes 1 Samuel Wright
KMB187 - Cargo

Barrel stave fragment

Cargo 1 Samuel Wright
KMB188 - Rope/leather/etc.

leather shoe

Rope/leather/etc. 1 Samuel Wright
KMB189 - Marine

shell

Marine 1 Samuel Wright
KMB190 - Glass

Glass bottle fragment

Glass 1 Samuel Wright
KMB191 - Pitch/tar/oil

Corking

Pitch/tar/oil 1 Samuel Wright
KMB192 - Pitch/tar/oil

Corking

Pitch/tar/oil 1 Samuel Wright
KMB193 - Pitch/tar/oil

Corking

Pitch/tar/oil 1 Samuel Wright
KMB196 - Ship's timber

Sacrificial planking with corking and tacks

Ship's timber 1 Samuel Wright
KMB197 - Marine

shell

Marine 1 Samuel Wright
KMB199 - Animal

bone

Animal 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1100 - Concretions

Concretion, fastener (?)

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1102 - Copper/brass

copper alloy fastener

Copper/brass 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1103 - Animal

Fish bone

Animal 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1105 - Marine

coral

Marine 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1111 - Cargo

Timber, barrel lid fragment

Cargo 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1112 - Cargo

timber fragment, barrel

Cargo 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1113 - Marine

coral

Marine 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1114 - Cargo

Timber fragment, barrel lid fragment

Cargo 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1115 - Animal

bone

Animal 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1116 - Clay pipes

pipe stem fragment

Clay pipes 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1117 - Miscellaneous

Timber fragment

Miscellaneous 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1119 - Animal

bone

Animal 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1120 - Clay pipes

worm cast (originally thought to be clay pipe fragment)

Clay pipes 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1121 - Glass

glass bottle top fragment with cork

Glass 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1123 - Concretions

concretion

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1124 - Concretions

Concretion, fastener

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1125 - Concretions

Concretion, fastener

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1126 - Concretions

concretion

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1127 - Concretions

concretion

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1128 - Concretions

concretion

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1129 - Concretions

concretion, fastener (?)

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1130 - Concretions

concretion

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1131 - Concretions

concretion

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1132 - Concretions

concretion

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1133 - Concretions

concretion, fastener fragment

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1134 - Concretions

concretion, fastener

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1135 - Copper/brass

copper fastener

Copper/brass 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1136 - Concretions

concretion

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1137 - Concretions

concretion

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1138 - Concretions

concretion, fastener fragment (?)

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1139 - Concretions

concretion

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1141 - Ship's timber

timber fragment

Ship's timber 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1142 - Ship's timber

timber fragment

Ship's timber 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1143 - Ship's timber

timber fragment

Ship's timber 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1144 - Ship's timber

timber fragment

Ship's timber 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1145 - Ship's timber

timber fragment

Ship's timber 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1146 - Ship's timber

timber fragments

Ship's timber 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1148 - Rope/leather/etc.

leather shoe

Rope/leather/etc. 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1151 - Rope/leather/etc.

leather

Rope/leather/etc. 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1158 - Unspecified

pebble

Unspecified 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1159 - Bricks

brick

Bricks 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1160 - Animal

bone, whale rib (?)

Animal 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1161 - Miscellaneous

firewood

Miscellaneous 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1162 - Miscellaneous

firewood, birch

Miscellaneous 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1184 - Lead

lead (fishing weight ?)

Lead 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1187 - Animal

bone, fish

Animal 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1191 - Miscellaneous

Button

Miscellaneous 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1189G - Cargo

Barrel stave 5

Cargo 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1193 - Miscellaneous

timber, possible barrel plug (?)

Miscellaneous 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1194 - Concretions

Concretion with timber fragments

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1195 - Concretions

concretion, Barrel hoop

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1198 - Concretions

concretion, barrel hoop

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1200 - Animal

bone (crab shell?)

Animal 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1189R - Cargo

Wicker fragment

Cargo 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1196E - Miscellaneous

timber fragment (dowel ?)

Miscellaneous 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1202 - Ship's timber

timber frame

Ship's timber 1 Samuel Wright
KMB1163A - Coal

Coal

Coal 1 Samuel Wright
UNID6318 - Glass

Bottle, blue glass, with parafin(?) oil content

Glass 1 Unidentified
UNID6319 - Clay pipes

Clay pipe

Clay pipes 1 Unidentified
CY6320 - Copper/brass

Porthole

Copper/brass 1 City of York
CA6321 - Copper/brass

barometer

Copper/brass 1 Carlisle Castle
LJ562 - MISCELLANEOUS

Concretion: Modern plastic container

Miscellaneous 1 Long Jetty site, Fremantle
SBC6322 - NON-FERROUS

Aircraft fuselage

NON-FERROUS 1 Seabird Catalina
UNID6323 - Animal

bone, whale rib (?), worked

Animal 1 Unidentified
UNID6327 - Copper/brass

tack

Copper/brass 1 Unidentified
UNID6329 - Copper/brass

bronze (?) clasp. Possibly for book or small wooden case. Ornamental.

Copper/brass 1 Unidentified
UNID6330 - Glass

Fragment of bottle base

Glass 1 Unidentified
UNID6332 - Stoneware

medallion fragment

Stoneware 1 Unidentified
UNID6339 - Stoneware

pottery sherd, stoneware

Stoneware 1 Unidentified
UNID6340 - Glass

glass bottle base, onion bottle (?)

Glass 1 Unidentified
UNID6342 - CERAMICS

beardman jug (?) fragment

CERAMICS 1 Unidentified
UNID6338 - Glass

glass bottle fragment, top of bottle

Glass 1 Unidentified
UNID6336 - Bricks

Ballast brick fragment (?)

Bricks 1 Unidentified
UNID6348 - Glass

case bottle base (?), olive green

Glass 1 Unidentified
UNID6347 - Glass

case bottle base

Glass 1 Unidentified
UNID6349 - Glass

case bottle base, bottle fragment

Glass 1 Unidentified
UNID6351 - FERROUS

iron nails (2) concreted together

FERROUS 1 Unidentified
UNID6353 - Glass

Glass ink bottle

Glass 1 Unidentified
UNID6354 - Glass

glass bottle, “J.S.W. PARKER DANGIN. W. A.”

Glass 1 Unidentified
UNID6357 - Copper/brass

Copper sheeting fragment

Copper/brass 1 Unidentified
UNID6350 - Copper/brass

copper zinc, possible forelock bolt

Copper/brass 1 Unidentified
ORZ6359 - General

personal log, exercise book. hand written in copperplate writing. Written in verse from one of the passengers (writer unknown).

General 1 Orizaba SS
ZW6360 - Glass

Onion bottle, intact. With engraved badge reading ‘FROM DUTCH MAN OF WAR’ ZEEWYK Wrecked 1728 Gun Island Houtman’s Abrolhos’

Glass 1 Zeewijk
ALK6364 - Copper/brass

Barometer

Copper/brass 1 Alkimos
ALK6365 - Copper/brass

Clock

Copper/brass 1 Alkimos
ALK6367 - MISCELLANEOUS

Binoculars

Miscellaneous 1 Alkimos
ALK6368 - Copper/brass

Compass

Copper/brass 1 Alkimos
ALK6369AB - NON-FERROUS

A) Weighted box B) paper contents of box

NON-FERROUS 1 Alkimos
ALK6371 - TIMBER

Name plate from lifeboat

TIMBER 1 Alkimos
UNID6374 - TIMBER

Possible hatch coaming or table frame

TIMBER 1 Unidentified
CBH6375 - Ship's timber

Rudder

Ship's timber 1 Careening Bay Coal Hulk
UNID6376 - TIMBER

Box of original Whitworth taps and dies (28 pieces + box)

TIMBER 1 Unidentified
RS67A - Copper/brass

Unidentified curved copper fragment: possibly part part of arm of dividers RS 68. (1 of 6 from RS 67)

Copper/brass 1 Lively Rowley Shoals
ZW6381 - Animal

Elephant tusk

Animal 1 Zeewijk
BILS5630 - Human

Proximal phalange, left foot? SK14.

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BAT4819 - Bricks

Brick : encrusted w/coral

Bricks 1 Batavia
BILS5599 - Human

Tooth, Human. Unassigned.

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
ZT3535 - Ship's fittings

Tacks: iron.

Ship's fittings Zuiddorp (Zuytdorp)
RS155 - FERROUS

Unidentified iron crusts: possibly from boat anchor.

FERROUS Lively Rowley Shoals
RP5403 - Lead

Fragment, lead

Lead Rapid
RP5129 - Stoneware

Stoneware: neck and fragments.

Stoneware Rapid
RP4287 - Pitch/tar/oil

Tar Sediment from inside jar- pitch? (RP 2194) - two bags

Pitch/tar/oil Rapid
RP3935 - Fittings

Pulley wheel.

Fittings Rapid
RP3292 - Bronze

Water tap, bronze

Bronze Rapid
PD3173 - Fittings

Double Pulley block, iron and eroded wood.

Fittings Priestman Dredge
MC1098 - Copper/brass

Handle for window latch: brass w/ ceramic knob.

Copper/brass Macedon
JM702 - Rope/leather/etc.

Rope samples.

Rope/leather/etc. James Matthews
JM454 - Cargo

Chain w/ hook: 31 links.

Cargo James Matthews
JM513A-H - Ship's fittings

Iron fastening: fragment?

(B) 13 small iron fragments returned from conservation 9/09 (photographed). One fragment has partially lost ‘16’ embossed.

Ship's fittings James Matthews
HA20002 - CERAMICS

Ceramic fragments.

CERAMICS Hadda
GT4088A - Rope/leather/etc.

Shoe leather fragments, soles, heels. A = Fabric

Rope/leather/etc. Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon)
GT4121 - Rope/leather/etc.

Shoe fragments, heavy iron impregnation

Rope/leather/etc. Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon)
GT4075 - Rope/leather/etc.

Shoe fragments, cross hatched inner sole, vamp, quarter w/ lace holes. No heel.

Rope/leather/etc. Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon)
GT4037 - Rope/leather/etc.

Leather fragments of shoe

Rope/leather/etc. Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon)
GT3136 - Copper/brass

Buckle w/leather strap, Baldric

Copper/brass Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon)
GT1124 - Rope/leather/etc.

Leather fragments, miscellaneous

Rope/leather/etc. Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon)
GT1106 - Rope/leather/etc.

Shoe fragments, leather

Rope/leather/etc. Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon)
EG2617 - Rope/leather/etc.

Shoe residue

Rope/leather/etc. Eglinton
CY1083AB - Copper/brass

Latch fittings brass: not associated w/ each other. A) keeper. B) turn catch and 2 screws.

Copper/brass City of York
CY1079 - Copper/brass

Gimbal ring: brass.

Copper/brass City of York
BAT4460b - Textile

Cloth fragment. Lawn, unidentified fibre

Textile Batavia
BAT4386 - Copper/brass

Powder shovel, disintegrated. copper

Copper/brass Batavia
BAT540 - Stoneware

Jug fragments (1 w/ par handle and neck)

Stoneware Batavia
BAT8410a - Textile

Knitted fabric fragments, possibly toe of sock

Textile Batavia
JS1547A - Textile

Cloth fragments: cotton w/ 3 copper alloy rectangular buckle pieces from trousers/overalls. Buckle marked: SOLIDE on one side of middle bar and PARIS on the other.

Textile James Service
XA514

Con rod assembly.

Xantho
AN3672B - Textile

Flag ‘LETTER’ B: red.

Textile Anitra
AN3672C - Textile

Flag to be Identified: green and white w/ Arabic script.

Textile Anitra
ZT4254 - COINS

Schellingen

COINS Zuiddorp (Zuytdorp)
ZT4265 - Lead

Lead fragments.

Lead Zuiddorp (Zuytdorp)
R622A - Copper/brass

Bolt copper.

Copper/brass Raven
BAT4460a - Textile

Cloth fragment, Sailcloth, jute

Textile Batavia
RP4398b - Copper/brass

Nails: pointed.

Copper/brass Rapid
BAT3903b

Equipment used for Bat excavations. Listed below

Batavia
RP5099D - Copper/brass

Sheathing fragments.

Copper/brass Rapid
XA338g - FERROUS

Cast iron drum/ cylinder, surrounding condenser (FeedWater Heater-Distiller) coils

FERROUS Xantho
RP5127b - TIMBER

Wooden object: end of a wooden bowl?
check this out!

TIMBER Rapid
JM96A - Concretions

Concretion w/ impression of drinking glass? (stemware JM 96).

Concretions James Matthews
BAT8537

Timber piece

Batavia
ZW1486

Wood & hollow conc

Zeewijk
BAT2959L - Bricks

Bricks : Number of crates & bricks ?

Bricks Batavia