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Escutcheon plate, from the wreck of the ZUYTDORP
Escutcheon plate, from the wreck of the ZUYTDORP

Escutcheon plate, from the wreck of the ZUYTDORP

Date1700-1711
Object number00046481
NameEscutcheon plate
MediumMetal, bronze
DimensionsOverall: 105 x 25 x 5 mm, 31.2 g
ClassificationsVessels and fittings
Credit LineANMM Collection Transferred from Australian Netherlands Committee on Old Dutch Shipwrecks
HistoryThe ZUYTDORP was built for the Dutch East India Company (VOC) as a cargo ship. On 1 August 1711 it left the Netherlands for Batavia in the Dutch East Indies carrying a large consignment of newly minted silver coins. It was wrecked off the coast of Western Australia between Kalbarri and Shark Bay. It is now protected under the Commonwealth Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976.