ANTIQUE 20thC SILVER & ENAMEL WHITE STAR LINE DRINKS MEASURE, BIRMINGHAM c.1903
Antique 20th Century Edwardian solid silver spirit measure cup from the R.M.S Cedric. The measure, of traditional size in a tapering body form has an enamel White Star Line flag (Attribution to the famous Titanic company) on the centre middle, engraved above is "R.M.S Cedric".
Hallmarked English silver (925 standard), Birmingham, year 1903 (d), Maker T.W (Thomas Wooley).
Reference Number: J9371
Antique 20th Century Edwardian solid silver spirit measure cup from the R.M.S Cedric. The measure, of traditional size in a tapering body form has an enamel White Star Line flag (Attribution to the famous Titanic company) on the centre middle, engraved above is "R.M.S Cedric".
Hallmarked English silver (925 standard), Birmingham, year 1903 (d), Maker T.W (Thomas Wooley).
Reference Number: J9371
Antique 20th Century Edwardian solid silver spirit measure cup from the R.M.S Cedric. The measure, of traditional size in a tapering body form has an enamel White Star Line flag (Attribution to the famous Titanic company) on the centre middle, engraved above is "R.M.S Cedric".
Hallmarked English silver (925 standard), Birmingham, year 1903 (d), Maker T.W (Thomas Wooley).
Reference Number: J9371
DESCRIPTION
Antique 20th Century Edwardian solid silver spirit measure cup from the R.M.S Cedric. The measure, of traditional size in a tapering body form has an enamel White Star Line flag (Attribution to the famous Titanic company) on the centre middle, engraved above is "R.M.S Cedric".
Hallmarked English silver (925 standard), Birmingham, year 1903 (d), Maker T.W (Thomas Wooley).
In April 1912, Cedric was involved in the events following Titanic's disaster. The president of the White Star, Bruce Ismay, asked that the liner be detained in New York so that the surviving crewmembers of Titanic could return to the United Kingdom.
On 1 July 1917, Cedric collided with and sank the French schooner Yvonne-Odette with the latter losing 24 of her crew.
On 29 January 1918, Cedric collided with and sank the Canadian Pacific ship Montreal off Morecambe Bay. Montreal was taken in tow, but she sank the next day 14 miles (23 km) from the Mersey Bar lightvessel.
On 24 July 1919, while the ship was docked in New York, a fire broke out in her No. 6 hold, prompting the intervention of city firefighters who found themselves trapped with crew members. Other teams of police and firefighters were needed to save the victims and bring the blaze under control.
On 30 September 1923, Cedric collided with Cunard Line's RMS Scythia in Queenstown harbour during dense fog. Neither vessel was seriously damaged, but Scythia needed to return to Liverpool to be repaired.
On 26 December 1924, she was again the victim of a fire affecting a large shipment of Peruvian cotton on board; the ship was not damaged, but the cargo was lost.
While she was in Boston harbour on 12 September 1926, she struck the river vessel Van, severely damaging it. She continued her regular service between Liverpool and New York during the 1920s. In 1928, with new ships entering service, her age began to show and her first class became a "cabin class".
Finally, the arrival in 1930 of MV Britannic and that of MV Georgic, scheduled for 1932, sealed her fate. Her last Liverpool–New York sailing commenced on 5 September 1931 and she was sold later the same year and scrapped at Inverkeithing in 1932.
CONDITION
In Great Condition - No Damage.
SIZE
Height: 4.4cm
Diameter: 4.2cm
Weight: 39g