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CUP
Unique ID: MAS-D100048
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Eleven teacups measuring 4 inches x 3 inches in size. The cups have a Chinese style design with a light grey colour pattern, and appear to be made of porcelain (although this has not been confirmed). Similar in decorative style to the bowls recorded as MAS-D100047, it is assumed that these teacups were made by either Charles Meigh of Hanley, Staffordshire (1835-49), the preceding company, J. Meigh and Son (c.1805-34), or the succeeding company, Charles Meigh and Son (1851-61) (Godden 1964, 428-429).
Notes:
These items were found along with four milk jugs of a similar style (MAS-D100054) and were recovered from the wreck of Josephine Willis. Other items similar in style to the ceramic recorded here have also been recovered on different occasions from this wreck site (MAS-D100047, MAS-D100058 and 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.
Class:
CONTAINER
Sub class: ROUNDED CUP
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: With finder
Subsequent action after recording: Submitted as wreck to the Receiver of Wreck
Wreck details
Droit number: 121/17
Chronology
Broad period: NINETEENTH CENTURY
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: NINETEENTH CENTURY
Date to: Exactly AD 1856
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 11
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 4th June 2017
Personal details
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Recorded by: A BB
Identified by: L M
Secondary identifier: V L
Other reference numbers
NRHE monument number: 1025695
Other reference: Kent HER Number: TR 22 NE 45
Droit ID: 121/17
Materials and construction
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TR1830
Four figure Latitude: 51.0280097
Four figure longitude: 1.10748152
1:25K map: TR1830
1:10K map: TR13SE
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Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
- Godden, G A, 1964 Encyclopaedia of British Pottery and Porcelain Marks New York : Crown Publishing, ,
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