Old Pottery shard

[coinsareawesome]

Bought this as a shipwreck treasure. How old is it?

 

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[bigfoot1]

hope you didnt pay much.I dont see evidence of marine crustation on the broken edge.Didnt know shards had much value other than provenance for other items.Ask the person you bought it from what ship,where and when sank.the research for items carried.

 

[HutSiteDigger]

Be careful when buying anything that says "from ship wreck treasure" most artifacts recovered from ship wrecks are tucked away in some vault that is owned by a university or archaeologist. They will tuck things away in vaults so know one from the public can see it! I know plenty and plenty of archaeologist who have things tucked away in vaults and there main goal in life is to make sure know one and i mean know one see's it other than another archaeologist.

 

[coinsareawesome]

I know it's shipwreck. I know the guy I bought it from. Worked with Mel Fisher. I know for sure it's from a shipwreck.

 

[HutSiteDigger]

Well what did he say then? he should have told you info on it. I'd be interested in knowing what he told you.

 

[bigfoot1]

please share with us all the details.The fischer group is famous for their research and provenance.Why ask us?

 

[yaxthri]

This shard could be from some piece of pottery that fell into the sea when a ship sunk but it does look more like it's a beachcombing find rather than a diving find.
All the corners are rounded in my opinion by the rolling action of waves, sand and pebbles, maybe by the wind and sand acting like a sandblaster on some beach it landed.
I've picked up a lot of similar shards just for the fun of it and they sure look like this one...

 

[coinsareawesome]

Near where I live there is a shipwreck called the Faithful Steward. I now think that's probably where it came from.