This is cross-posted from the Sub-Arch list. Can anyone help?
 
 
>Date:         Thu, 7 Aug 1997 20:55:22 -0400
>From:         Peter Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject:      19th century China and plate glass
>To:           [log in to unmask]
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>My group is currently working on a schooner wreck in Long Island sound of=
>f of
>Westport CT (approx. 80=92 long in 60=92 with 0-10=92 visibility).  The c=
>argo seems
>to be cut stone, there was a large stone trade between Connecticut and Ne=
>w
>York city during the late 1800=92s. There is very little structure but a =
>number
>of pieces of china have been found. The china is marked =93Davenport Iron=
>stone=94
>and the pattern is Cyprus. The pattern date on some of the pieces is 1842=
> and
>1848.  The china is being found as if it were a service for 8. So, it may=
> be
>ship service or personal cargo.=20
>
>Also found are shards of plate glass 5 to 10 inches long. The thickness o=
>f
>the plate is approx. 1/8=94 and there is little if any waviness in it.
>
>Does anyone know when this china pattern went out of production and when
>uniform plate glass started to be manufactured? The goal of my club is to
>identify and document the wreck (we hope to have a sonar scan done within=
> the
>next two weeks).=20
>
>
 
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