Norway recovers porcelain, chandeliers from 18th century shipwreck

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• Archaeologists have recovered a trove of ​Chinese porcelain and European-made goods from a recently discovered 18th-century ​shipwreck off the ⁠coast of Norway, government and museum officials said on Monday (June 1, 2026).
• Among the goods found in the remains of the unnamed sailing ship were tightly stacked ⁠white and blue porcelain ⁠bowls as well as goblets, textiles, grain and parts of chandeliers, the Norwegian ​Maritime Museum said.
• The ship, believed to have sunk around the mid-1700s, was found by the owner of a salvage firm ​in the Skagerrak strait off southern Norway, at ⁠a depth of some 600 metres (2,000 feet), the museum said.
• “This find is not only extraordinary, it’s also of considerable scientific value and demonstrates an important technological advancement in underwater archaeology,” Norway’s Minister of Climate and Environment, Andreas Bjelland ​Eriksen, said in a statement.
• The vessel’s origin and destination ⁠are unknown, but work is ongoing ⁠to...