Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

ZW1330 - Stoneware

Zeewijk

Bowl, SE Asian, incomplete. Underglaze blue-decorated coarse ware. Off-white body. Air pockets where inclusions fired out. Glazed throughout except where sand particles adhering. Underglaze brush stroke varies in intensity. Ridge on base, painted with blue line.

Site Area Code Mid-West

Site Location Found area 3

Number of Items 1

Material Stoneware

Museum Reference

Registration Number 1330

ID 19714

Status Commonwealth

Map of shipwreck

Zeewijk

Zeewijk was wrecked on the Houtman Abrolhos on 9 June 1727. 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 from its position locked into the reef.
A rescue group of eleven of the fittest survivors and First Mate set off for Batavia in the longboat on 10 July...