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'OF TITANIC INTEREST' - WHITE STAR AND OTHER SHIPPING LINE SILVERWARE



A topic devoted to shipping line silverware. Do you have examples to share? Be it a teaspoon from the Isle of Wight Ferry, or the Duck-press off the Queen Mary. Do you have information about the suppliers? Or just a story to tell? If so, here's the place to post them.

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WHITE STAR LINE - R.M.S. TITANIC/R.M.S. OLYMPIC

We all know the story of the Titanic, but here's a piece that, quite literally, may have just 'missed the boat'.

A large soda syphon holder marked for the White Star Line and made by Walker & Hall in 1910:









It was in September 1910 that the White Star Line issued the orders for the silverware for the sister-ships, Olympic and Titanic. Elkington & Co. were to be the main supplier, with The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co., Mappin & Webb, and Walker & Hall also receiving orders. The orders being huge, other firms were likely involved as out-workers to the main suppliers.

The silverware would have been delivered to the the White Star's company stores at Southampton for distribution to the ships.

As this piece was not found on the bottom of the Atlantic, it likely saw service on the R.M.S. Olympic, but on another day, who knows what what its fate may have been?


White Star Line - Southampton - 1910

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BERGEN STEAMSHIP COMPANY - BERGENSKE DAMPSKIBSSELSKAB - BDS


Basting spoon 13" (33cm) in length:




Logo:




Maker: Elkington & Co. (Date letter: 1890)





Bergenske Dampskibsselskab - Bergen - 1914

This spoon may well have come from the 'Mercur', built in 1883 and acquired by Bergenske Dampskibsselskab in 1889, it operated a weekly passenger and mail service from Newcastle to Bergen and Trondheim as from 1890. The inaugural service, departed from Bergen on May 31, 1890 at 9 p.m., and arrived in the Tyne early on June 2.

See: https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/DS_%C2%ABMercur%C2%BB

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HAMBURG-AMERICA LINE

Hamburg Amerikanische Packetfahrt Actien Gesellschaft or H.A.P.A.G.


Fish-knife:



Logo:



Maker: Berndorfer Metallwaaren-Fabrik - Arthur Krupp






Hamburg-Amerika Linie - Hamburg - 1900

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BOOTH STEAMSHIP Co.


Pickle fork:




Logo:




Maker: Higgs, Liverpool


HIGGS - L'POOL



The Booth Steamship Co. (1901) Limited - Liverpool - 1901


Booth Line - Liverpool - 1927


Booth Line - Liverpool - 1929

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BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY LIMITED


Toast-rack:




Logo:


B.I.S.N.Co.Ld.


Maker: Elkington & Co.


1914



British India Steam Navigation Co. - London - 1893


British India Steam Navigation Co. - London - 1898

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THE ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY


A pair of sugar bowls:



Logo:



Maker: Mappin & Webb





Royal Mail Steam Packet Company - London - 1897


Royal Mail Steam Packet Company - London - 1897


Royal Mail Steam Packet Company - London - 1919

The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company was established at London in 1839.

The line's motto was 'Per Mare Ubique'(everywhere by sea).

The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company was taken over by the White Star line in 1927.

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UNITED AMERICAN LINES - HARRIMAN LINE


Coffee-pot:




Logo:




Maker: Berndorfer Metallwaaren-Fabrik - Arthur Krupp





United American Lines - New York - 1922


United American Lines - New York - 1925


United American Lines - New York - 1925


United American Lines - New York - 1925


United American Lines - New York - 1926

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CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY Co.

Dessert spoons x 3:




Logo:




Maker: Mappin & Webb





Canadian Pacific Railway Co. - Montreal - 1907


Canadian Pacific Railway Co. - London - 1907

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MESSAGERIES MARITIMES


Dessert spoon:




Logo:




Maker: Christofle





Messageries Maritimes - London - 1880


Messageries Maritimes - London - 1901

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THE ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY


A napkin-ring:



Logo:
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Maker: Elkington & Co. - Date letter: 1907





Royal Mail Steam Packet Company - London - 1889


Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. - London - 1906


Royal Mail Steam Packet Company - London - 1912

The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company was established at London in 1839.

The line's motto was 'Per Mare Ubique'(everywhere by sea).

The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company was taken over by the White Star line in 1927.

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BRITISH & COMMONWEALTH SHIPPING Co.


Coffee-spoon:




Logo:




Maker: Mappin & Webb - Date letter: t




The British & Commonwealth Shipping Company was established in 1955 following the merger of the Clan Line and the Union Castle Line.



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BRITISH & COMMONWEALTH SHIPPING Co.


Coffee-spoon:




Logo:




Maker: Elkington & Co.


ELKINGTON Plate

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NORTH GERMAN LLOYD

Norddeutscher Lloyd


Teaspoon:




Logo:




Maker: Koch & Bergfeld









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UNION-CASTLE LINE


Gravy-boat:




Logo:




Maker: Mappin & Webb - Date letter: B





Union-Castle Line - London - 1912


Union-Castle Line - London - 1915

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ROYAL MAIL LINE


Tray:



Logo:



Maker: Walker & Hall



The tray is struck with the Walker & Hall date code for 1912.

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HAMBURG-SOUTH AMERICA LINE

Hamburg-Südamerikanische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft (HSDG)


Large (soup?) cup:



Logo:



Maker: August Wellner Söhne (c.1925).

ORIGINAL WELLNER/AUG. WELLNER SÖHNE /A.-G./10



Hamburg-Südamerikanische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft - Hamburg - 1914


Hamburg-Südamerikanische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft - Hamburg - 1928


Hamburg-Südamerikanische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft - Hamburg - 1928


Hamburg-Südamerikanische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft - Hamburg - 1929


Hamburg-Südamerikanische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft - Hamburg - 1936

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ORIENT LINE


Teaspoon:




Logo:




Maker: Elkington & Co. - 1934





Par Non Leonina Societas




Orient Line - London - 1886

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UNION-CASTLE LINE


Gravy-boat:




Logo:




Maker: Elkington & Co. - Date letter: N (1899)





Union-Castle Line - London - 1928

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CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY


An example of the arms of the China Navigation Company, noted on a spoon by Walker & Hall, marked with their year letter for 1905:










See: viewtopic.php?f=60&t=53399


China Navigation Co. Ld. - Hong Kong - 1913

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