Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

ZW2008 - Stoneware

Zeewijk

Stoneware artefact recovered from Zeewijk

Jar, SE Asian or Chinese, upper part, green-brown glaze. 4 vertical, grooved, lug handles with thumb-pressed ends on shoulder above a row of applied buttons

Site Area Code Mid-West

Site Location Swim line search from Peter’s cannon

Number of Items 1

Material Stoneware

Museum Reference

Registration Number 2008

ID 19753

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...