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A GOLD AND HARDSTONE FOB ORNAMENT COMMEMORATING THE MAIDEN VOYAGE OF R.M.S. MAURETANIA, NOVEMBER 16th, 1907
comprising an adapted George III gold sovereign of 1774 hinged to cover a miniature watercolour of the liner underway, the back set with red hardstone engraved “MAURETANIA”/NOVEMBER 16th/1907 -- 1in. (2.5cm.) diameter
£500-700 135.
133. A SILVER AND ENAMELLED CIGARETTE CASE FOR THE SWEDISH-AMERICAN (SVENSKA AMERIKA) LINE’S M.S. GRIPSHOLM (1925)
with three-quarter profile depiction of Gripsholm underway to front, the interior with elastic retainer and Chester hallmarks for 1930-31 -- 5½ x 3¼in. (14 x 8.3cm.)
Built by Armstrong Whitworth, Gripsholm was a large vessel of nearly 18,000 tons. Designed as a passenger cargo ship, she was the first built with diesel engines for the Transatlantic route and, the day she was delivered (7 November 1925) coincided with the change of the Company’s name from Rederiaktiebolaget Sverige-Nordamerika to the more practical Swedish-American Line. Laid up for the duration of the War, commercial operations resumed in March 1946 and in 1955 she was sold to the North German Lloyd Line who renamed her Berlin. She remained under these colours until sold from breaking at La Spezia in 1966.
£300-500 49 UNION CASTLE LINE : ‘PARTICULARS OF FLEET’
a rare 19th-century spreadsheet detailing the precise state of the fleet with annotations in red ink, giving the specifications for 56 vessels for cargo, passenger capacities, engine hull specifications etc., contained between black leather boards impressed in gilt PARTICULARS OF FLEET. / THE UNION-CASTLE MAIL STEAMSHIP CO, LD.; together with a manuscript dated for 17th December 1889 entitled Rates of pay of Officers and Engineers from 1st January 1890, folded and contained within Fleet Particulars
(2) £150-200
134. CUNARD LAUNCHING BROCHURES
for Mauretania (1938), Queen Mary, launch and publicity brochures, both signed by Stephen M. Paye designer Queen Mary II 18/8/08; and Queen Elizabeth (1938)
(4) £100-150
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