This is a very rarely seen porcelain egg cup recovered from the shipwreck of the SV Hawksdale.  Comes with CoA from The Man of War.. I will be listing several other rare shipwreck items as the time has come to pare down my collection. 

SV Hawksdale [+1899] Details general nationality:  british purpose:  transport type:  fully rigged ship propulsion:  sailing ship date built:  1890 status:  live details tonnage:  1723  grt dimensions:  82.3 x 12.1 x 7.8 m material:  steel rigging:  3 masts (full-rigged) yard no.:  18 IMO/Off. no.:  97780 about the loss cause lost:  ran aground (wrecked) other reasons:  gale/storm date lost:  26/01/1899 [dd/mm/yyyy] casualties:  † max.3rank: 743 list of people about people builder:  Bigger, Charles. J. - Foyle Shipyard, Londonderry owner:  Iredale P. & Porter Ltd., Liverpool captain:  William Hawksdale crew:  27 about the wreck depth (m.):  15 max. / 4 min. (m) orientation:  118° references references:  Lloyd's of London, Lloyd's Register of Casualty Returns updates entered by:  Jan Lettens entered:  27/08/2008 last update:  Allen Tony † last update:  06/09/2020 Position Jan Lettens 06/08/2012 latitude:  UK hydro member longitude:  UK hydro member AIS:  UK hydro member mark add position to my marks (+/-5miles) dist. homeport:  dist. homeport ref. used:  UK Hydrographic Office position disp.:  show neighbour. wrecks:  members only The Wreck today Jan Lettens 31/01/2016 UK hydro member ref. used:UK Hydrographic Office Movies Pictures Siert Ingo 06/02/2012 Circular serving tray in plate from the Hawksdale copyrights:  Christie's ref. used:  http://www.christies.com Hydrographic Service UK WRECK REPORT LIVE The wrecksite has been derived in part from material obtained from the UK Hydrographic Office with the permission of the UK Hydrographic Office and Her Majesty’s Stationery Office and the following authorities. © British Crown Copyright, 2022. History Siert Ingo 06/02/2012 HAWKSDALE left Hamburg on January 22nd 1899 for Melbourne with a cargo of general goods (i.a. 500 pianos). She got a German pilot (Schmidt) on board from Hamburg to assist the captain until they reach Dungeness. She ran aground near North Foreland. High seas broke over the ship. A rescue boat was lowered but capsized soon afterwards. The pilot and two able seaman were drowned during this attempt. About 11:30 am the Clacton and Margate life-boats reached the vessel and rescued the remaining crew. The master lost his certificate in the aftermath. Miller Jon 26/10/2019 Brightlingsea, 1 February 1899: The Emily has landed here a quantity of chairs, paper, wire, and five pianos, ex HAWKSDALE (1899), on Longsand. London, 3 February 1899: The Salvage Association reports that the weather yesterday entirely prevented the salvage steamer Helios approaching this vessel, and nothing could therefore be done with regard to an examination of further salvage of cargo. Considerable quantities of cargo and stores have already been salved, and are being warehoused at Margate, Ramsgate, and Whitstable. Deal, 5 February 1899, 5.7 pm: Lugger Friends of all Nations just returned from Heap Sands, reports ship broken in halves at main hatch and now under water. London, 7 February 1899: Ramsgate, 7 February 1899: Ship broken in two; mainmast gone below main yard; mizenmast adrift, will also likely fall over stern low water. Could not get nearer than about a mile. One Margate boat was alongside salving cargo. London, 27 February 1899: Lloyd's Agent, Ramsgate, 25 February 1899: Three boats arrived at Margate this morning with a quantity of glass, china, and enamel ware from the HAWKSDALE. Jan Lettens 06/08/2012 UK hydro member ref. used:UK Hydrographic Office Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?73961