Two shipping line commemorative silver items comprising a vesta case for the Elder Dempster & Co Shipping Line, RMS Lake Chaplin, for the 1900 trial trip (first British merchant ship to be fitted with wireless telegraphy), and a napkin ring for the RMS Mendi, with enamelled flag and engraving (sunk in collision and is now a government war grave), combined approx. 1.9ozt (2).
Sold for £110
Two shipping line commemorative silver items comprising a vesta case for the Elder Dempster & Co Shipping Line, RMS Lake Chaplin, for the 1900 trial trip (first British merchant ship to be fitted with wireless telegraphy), and a napkin ring for the RMS Mendi, with enamelled flag and engraving (sunk in collision and is now a government war grave), combined approx. 1.9ozt (2).
Auction: Maritime & Militaria with Antiques & Collectors’ Items (Liverpool), 6th Sep, 2023
Viewing
Tuesday 5th September 2023 from 10.00am to 5.30pm
The Liverpool Saleroom
18 Jordan Street
Liverpool
L1 0BP
0151 709 8070
liverpool@adampartridge.co.uk