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Center portion of a Minton porcelain plate.

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Center portion of a Minton porcelain plate.
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Center portion of a Minton porcelain plate. 223 grams, roughly 6" in diameter and 3/8" thick. The Empress of Ireland was a Royal Mail ship that operated in conjunction with the Canadian Pacific Railway in the St. Lawrence River, where she was rammed in heavy fog by another ship and sunk in May of 1914, to the demise of over 1000 people, in fact Canada's worst maritime disaster. This plate shard, the first artifact we have ever offered from this important wreck, shows a very clear seal of the Canadian Pacific Railway in the center against white fields, plus a modicum of the outer pattern of leaves and berries, the underside with the mark of the manufacturer (Minton) and serial number H 15 15. With 2004 certificate from the diver. Recovered from: RMS Empress of Ireland, sunk in 1914 off Quebec