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Glass Bottles

Maritime Archaeology Museum Maritime History Colonical
Period
Colonical
Date
2025-08-01
Materials
glass
Site
Godawaya Shipwreck
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 also known as “Bottles Wreck” because a large number of bottles were found submerged there. They have been identified as belonging to a British vessel that sank in the mid-nineteenth century.

The name of the company that manufactured the bottles is embossed on them as “SUPERIOR SODA WATER CLARKE ROMA & CO. CEYLON.”

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