2026-09-10T21:16:55+01:00https://marinefinds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/47/format/qrcodehttps://marinefinds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/47/format/jsonhttps://marinefinds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/47/format/xmlhttps://marinefinds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/47/format/geojsonhttps://marinefinds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/47/format/pdfhttps://marinefinds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/47/format/rdfhttps://marinefinds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/4747MAS-D10004747BOWLCONTAINERFOOD SERVING CONTAINER721277Kent HER Number: TR 22 NE 45With finder15118/17NINETEENTH CENTURY18051856Seven Chinese style bowls most likely to be made of porcelain. There is a parallel for the base mark that looks as though it's imitating Chinese porcelain marks. This is the mark of Charles Meigh of Hanley, Staffordshire, operating between 1835-49, but it was also used by the preceding company, J. Meigh and Son (c.1805-34) and the succeeding company, Charles Meigh and Son (1851-61) (Godden 1964, 428-429). The CM mark in the '..CASTER' stamp suggests that it's Charles Meigh, which puts the date just before the wreck date.This item was found along with two stoneware jars (MAS-D100046) and were recovered from the wreck of Josephine Willis. Other objects similar in style to the ceramic recorded here have also been recovered on different occasions from this wreck site (MAS-D100048, MAS-D100054, MAS-D100058, MAS-D100059) along with other non-ceramic objects including candlesticks, a deadeye and three square portholes. The Josephine Willis was a New Zealand sail and steam propelled packet ship built in c.1840. The ship was carrying 110 people on board bound for Auckland, comprising ten First class passengers, 60 steerage and 40 crew. It sank in 1856 following a collision with Mangerton with the loss of 69 lives. NRHE and Kent HER reference numbers cited in this record refer to the wreck of Josephine Willis.2017-06-03 17:39:002017-09-26 13:20:13312017-06-0328Certain11393947534PAS5989C577001EA7PAS57BC21F300115BPAS57BC1E1600176F102569522MASMASCeramic10539CompleteGoodNINETEENTH CENTURYNINETEENTH CENTURYDivingL MV LL RCircaCirca4518210TR1830TR1830TR13SE51.02800971.10748152101immature.twang.uncouth15647_terracottawithbowls.jpgimages/MASCountyKentSubmitted as wreck to the Receiver of Wreck96755