About this jug
Location:
Het Zichtbord, 8255 Swifterbant, Netherlands
Netherlands
Long/Lat:
52.574, 5.63606
Notes: In 1986 a shipwreck was found on plot H41 in Swifterbant, in the east of the province of Flevoland. During the excavation an unusually large fish box was found. The large fish box (a box in which sea water could enter to transport fish alive) and a small amount of trade goods indicate that the ship was probably used to transport live fish; a practice under which it would have been called a ventjager in Dutch. In the stern a complete fire place was found. Near the fire place a considerable amount of objects possibly intended for cooking and frying fish were found. A few very well datable finds indicate that the ship was probably lost around 1700: two weights with marks from 1658 and 1667, a bartmann jug with the year 1688 and especially a barrel stave with the year 1695 on it. The weapon of the city of Amsterdam, three crosses, is present on four tin spoons and a wooden bowl found, which indicate that Amsterdam possibly was the home port of the ship, or the place where they sold the fish.
The ship was restored in 2006 and is part of the collection of museum Batavialand.
Height: 170.00
Max-width: 124.00
Feature description: Bartmann jug with flat, slightly concave bottom with faint traces of wear, pear-shaped model with profiled rim, vertical (missing) sausage handle, mask on the front of the neck.
Identifier: OH41-2
Custody: Museum
Custody Data: museum Batavialand
