2024-03-29T01:26:18+00:00https://marinefinds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/227/format/qrcodehttps://marinefinds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/227/format/jsonhttps://marinefinds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/227/format/xmlhttps://marinefinds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/227/format/geojsonhttps://marinefinds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/227/format/pdfhttps://marinefinds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/227/format/rdfhttps://marinefinds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/227227MAS-D100227227BOTTLEContainerStorage container. Food and liquid storage container230601Kent HER: TR 23 SE 23With finder15303/18NINETEENTH CENTURY1876Bordeaux style bottle manufactured in clear aquamarine coloured glass, though weathering has caused the colours to distort and becom pearlescent towards the base of the vessel. It has a wide and straight neck and is finished in the applied ring or champagne style. The body is cylindrical, with low profile rounded shoulders. The height of the bottle is approximately 230 mm, the diameter of the body 60 mm and the neck 30 mm. Though this bottle is smaller than the more common 300 mm tall, 750 ml wine bottles it is most likely a wine bottle. It's clear colour suggests a dessert or sweet wine, at the very least a vessel for white rather than red wine.This item was found with a brass valve (MAS-D100228).
These items were recovered from the wreck SS Latona. Built in 1856 in the United States by J S & J R Wolf, the SS Latona was a steam ship registered in Liverpool, UK. Whilst on passage from London to Genoa the Latona collided with the SS Silistria on the 30th January 1876 off Shakespeare Cliff, Dover. Though she sank immediately the crew were saved by the Silistria, which was subsequently taken in tow to London. Items, including spoons, have been recovered from the wreck site with the spoons bearing the vessels name used to identify the remains. NRHE and East Sussex HER reference numbers cited in this record refer to the wreck of SS Latona.2018-09-25 12:28:362020-03-26 11:30:12312018-09-16Certain439392271814414PAS5C503E2100113881342322MASMASGlass10879BlownCompletePoorNINETEENTH CENTURYNINETEENTH CENTURYDivingMr Joaquin Callejo GomezExactly22718210TR2833TR2833TR23SE51.051066761.25173598101airspace.nullifying.cutting592227_IMG_8754.JPGimages/MASCountyKent96823