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B2487 Relics, from wreck of sailing ship 'Dunbar', ceramic / porcelain / terracotta / glass / metal, various makers, various places of production, c. 1850, collected from Sydney Heads, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1857. Click to enlarge.
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Relics from the shipwreck of the 'Dunbar' off Sydney Heads

Relics, Dunbar, shards of ceramics, glass and metal from the wreck of the Dunbar off Sydney Heads. The Dunbar went down near The Gap at the entrance to Port Jackson in 1857.

Parts of this object

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Plate fragment from the shipwreck of the 'Dunbar' off Sydney Heads
c.1850
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Pottery fragment from the shipwreck of the 'Dunbar' off Sydney Heads
c.1850
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Plate fragment from the shipwreck of the 'Dunbar' off Sydney Heads
c.1850
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Pottery fragment from the shipwreck of the 'Dunbar' off Sydney Heads
c.1850
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Pottery fragment from the shipwreck of the 'Dunbar' off Sydney Heads
c.1850
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Plate fragment from the shipwreck of the 'Dunbar' off Sydney Heads
c.1850
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Pottery fragment from the shipwreck of the 'Dunbar' off Sydney Heads
c.1850
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Plate fragment from the shipwreck of the 'Dunbar' off Sydney Heads
c.1850
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Glass shard from the shipwreck of the 'Dunbar' off Sydney Heads
c.1850
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Plate fragment from the shipwreck of the 'Dunbar' off Sydney Heads
c.1850
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Pottery fragment from the shipwreck of the 'Dunbar' off Sydney Heads
c.1850
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Plate fragment from the shipwreck of the 'Dunbar' off Sydney Heads
c.1850

Summary

Object No.

B2487

Object Statement

Relics, from wreck of sailing ship 'Dunbar', ceramic / porcelain / terracotta / glass / metal, various makers, various places of production, c. 1850, collected from Sydney Heads, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1857

Physical Description

Relics, Dunbar, shards of ceramics, glass and metal from the wreck of the Dunbar off Sydney Heads. The Dunbar went down near The Gap at the entrance to Port Jackson in 1857.

Short URL

https://ma.as/212398

Source

Credit Line

Gift of Rick Latimer, 1983

Acquisition Date

27 March 1983

Cite this Object

Harvard

Relics from the shipwreck of the 'Dunbar' off Sydney Heads 2023, Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, accessed 29 March 2023, <https://ma.as/212398>

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{{cite web |url=https://ma.as/212398 |title=Relics from the shipwreck of the 'Dunbar' off Sydney Heads |author=Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences |access-date=29 March 2023 |publisher=Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, Australia}}

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