Pottery Lid EOA:2022.47.2

3D Model

Pottery lid from the wreck of the Earl Of Abergavenny.

ID: EOA:2022.47.2 OE357

Collection: Earl of Abergavenny

Classification: Crew/Passengers

Measurements: Diametre 76mm Height 43mm

Date made: as yet unknown

Display: not on display

Manufacturer/Creator: as yet unknown

Credit: Portland Museum Trust

Identified as Canton porcelain this small lid comes possibly from a one person tea pot, pudding cup or milk jug. Canton porcelain is so called as it originated from Guangzhou, China. At the time of the Earl of Abergavenny’s voyage, Guangzhou was the sole Chinese port for legally exporting goods to Europe and familiar to the ship from her previous trips. It is possible that this lid belonged to one of the thirty two Chinese crew on board, seventeen of whom perished in the sinking.

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