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Bottel bulk

Maritime Archaeology Museum Trade and Commerce Colonical
Period
Colonical
Date
2025-10-12
Materials
Glass
Site
Maha Rawana site
Inventory
09/SL/S/GB -2/M/01

Full Description

These shipwrecked glass bottles were discovered in the sea near the lighthouse at Great Basses Reef. The site is known as “Bottles Wreck” because a large number of bottles were found submerged there. They have been identified as belonging to a British ship that sank in the mid-19th century. The name of the company that manufactured the bottles is embossed on them as “SUPERIOR SODA WATER CLARKE ROMA & CO. CEYLON.”