Historic Insights from Sunken Treasure

Some of the ship’s cargo, including porcelain dishes, on the sea floor. IAntique porcelain can turn up in unexpected places, like an attic or thrift store. How about underwater? An 18th-century shipwreck off the coast of Norway has yielded its first artifacts, including a trove of blue-and-white Chinese porcelain.Andreas Bjelland Eriksen, Norway’s Minister of Climate and Environment, called the find “extraordinary.” Nicknamed the Porcelain Wreck, it is 600 meters (almost