Plate fragment
Production date
Pre 1790
Pre 1790
Country
Australia
State/Province
Queensland
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Object detail
Description
One part of creamware Royal pattern plate (6 parts).
Production date
Pre 1790
Pre 1790
Pre 1790
Measurements
O/dia rim 240, Ht 30
Media/Materials description
Ceramic
History and use
In 1790 HMS Pandora sailed from England in pursuit of the HMS Bounty and its mutineers. The Pandora was wrecked in 1791 on its return voyage while attempting to negotiate the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
Queensland Museum archaeological expeditions between 1983 and 1999 recovered many artefacts. This creamware Royal pattern plate was found in four parts and later reconstructed.
HMS Pandora
Queensland Museum archaeological expeditions between 1983 and 1999 recovered many artefacts. This creamware Royal pattern plate was found in four parts and later reconstructed.
HMS Pandora
Registration number
MA8801.1