White Star Line

Lovely on-board souvenir sugar “duster” spoon as purchased in the barbershop on Adriatic.  Likely pre war.  Excellent condition with no loss of silver or damage to the enamel.  Not a ship we see many souvenirs… read more ›

Portrait souvenir spoon for the Arabic of 1902.  Lovely enamel badge at the top with a portrait of this ill-fated liner, which is mint.  Hallmark for 1908 on the back of the bowl.   Arabic… read more ›

This spoon really surprised me when I polished it.  The gold wash in the bowl and the hand-painted ship with enamel funnels really popped and display the quality and skills with which it was made… read more ›

The best advertising piece Cunard White Star ever did for the Britannic.  It is good to see the White Star liner that lasted longest with Cunard was not treated as a red-headed step child within… read more ›

Souvenir bell from the Britannic of 1930.  Of all the souvenirs Cunard White Star produced, I like the fouled anchor bells the most.  Hard to get much more nautical in feel.  From the collection of… read more ›

A superb mahogany waste basket from White Star’s Britannic of 1930.  Marked on the base “Brit A52,” this comes from one of the better first-class cabins on board — a double stateroom with an attached… read more ›

One of White Star’s most lavish brochures created in the midst of the depression.  This would be one of the last brochures for Adriatic and Baltic.  Celtic and Cedric having already gone.  Runs 24 pages… read more ›

I spend a considerable amount of time working on forthright descriptions of the items I bring to you.  I do my best to bring you high-quality items, and thus I often find myself describing things… read more ›

Very rare third-class salt dish from the pattern used on Olympic and Titanic.  For obvious reasons, very little specialty china was produced or used in third class.  It was mostly bowls, dishes, and cups  and… read more ›

One of the nicest pieces of White Star china in the turquoise-and-brown pattern available.  Lovely creamer with a full hand-painted White Star house flag on the front.  This pattern was used on board White Star… read more ›

Cute souvenir pill box from White Star’s Doric with a full enameled White Star logo complete with the ship’s name on the front.  Enamel is perfect.  No chips or cracks.  Not a ship that we… read more ›

Impressive deck plan for White Star’s last ship, the Georgic.  Sports 14 large images of the ship on glossy paper.  There is no doubt that she was far bolder than her sister Britannic of 1930… read more ›

Excellent condition pen knife from her onboard gift shops.  No rust to the blades and no damage to the celluloid mother of pearl handle.  Unknown makers mark at the base of the largest blade.  Works… read more ›

Reverse-painted butterfly-wing souvenirs were all the rage for ocean liner gift shops in the 1950’s and 1960’s.  Did you know they were also quite popular in the 1930’s?  Nice art deco octagon-shaped powder box with… read more ›

The Worlds Largest Ship!  Majestic and Leviathan were not just vying with each other for the title of the largest ship in the world, they were also vying for speed records.  Here is how that… read more ›

Bow-on real photo post card of Majestic in the King George V Graving Dock.  These appear to be a part of a set taken all during the same dry docking.  This image is number 36… read more ›

Amazing real photo postcard of Majestic in the King George V Graving Dock.  She looks massive because she was!  Unused and in excellent condition.  This is image 37 from the set.

Image 36 in this real photo postcard series of the largest liner in the world being dry docked in Southampton.  Not really a looker from her stern angle, was she?  I bet if you scan… read more ›

A real photo postcard in the style of Hoffman showing Majestic’s altar.  Like Olympic, it seems the altar was setup in second class on Majestic.  Interestingly, many of Majestic’s religious artifacts ended up on the… read more ›

Perhaps the best swimming pool ever put in a liner.  This was no simple plunge bath, this is positively Pompeian!  Unused and in excellent condition.

Enamel souvenir spoon as sold in the gift shop of the Majestic.  Great portrait of the liner at the top, and the liner’s name etched into the bowl.  The enamel has no damage of any… read more ›

Great real photo postcard of the Caledonia, ex-Majestic, arriving in the Firth of Forth.  Note her cut-down masts.  This was done in order to get the ship under the amazing Firth of Fourth Bridge.  Unused… read more ›

A ship we see little for, Megantic and her sister Laurentic inaugurated White Star Canadian service and were test beds for the Olympic-class engine technology. Beautiful woven-in-silk post card which is unused and in excellent… read more ›

Bronze decorative acanthus leaf from a first-class corridor on Olympic.  When walking down first-class hallways, the decorative coving near the ceiling hid electrical wiring.  These were used to hide the seams in the coving woodwork… read more ›

Another rarely seen White Star brochure with great cover art.  This one covers Olympic’s and Majestic’s second class with 12 pages and a full photo on every page.  The center double-page spread is a stunning… read more ›

A desirable Olympic cigarette tin.  This is much larger than the match safe tins that come up from time to time.  There are a few scratches to the paint, but otherwise, it is in excellent… read more ›

Ultra rare full-color cutaway of RMS Olympic.  Produced around the time of her triumphant return to service after World War I.  It measures about 49″ x 10″ and is in stunning full color on both… read more ›

The best first-class deck plan I have ever carried for the “Old Reliable.”  Interestingly, it is dated July, 1913, and reprinted after the war in 1920, listing the à la carte restaurant simply as the… read more ›

Olympic’s decking!  This is a nice long section of Olympic’s pine decking.  As with the staircase moulding, much of this was cut up into smaller segments; so very few really long sections survive. This pine decking… read more ›

Touching the River Lagan for the first time, Olympic is in her natural element.  She was at this point undergoing the most stress she would ever experience in her career, and I think it would… read more ›

Unused and unusual gummed sticker for mail posted on Olympic.  Measures about 2″ long.  Excellent condition.  A small quantity available.

A writing pen made from Olympic’s timbers.  These were made custom for me by Ray Cowell, who once owned the paint factory that was outfitted with fittings from Olympic. Measures about 3.5″.

Quarter-sawn oak from RMS Olympic takes center stage with this pen holder carved from her timbers.  Just look at that grain.  These were made custom for me by Ray Cowell, the gentleman who once owned… read more ›

Now available!  A lavishly illustrated history by Brian Hawley of one of the greatest liners ever built — White Star’s RMS Olympic.  Highlights of this 128-page softcover book include dozens of unpublished and never-before-seen photographs,… read more ›

A lovely artist card by Norman Wilkinson of RMS Olympic passing Fort Clinton at the tip of Manhattan.  Not one of the more common cards White Star issued for her.  In excellent unused condition with… read more ›

The French did fantastic and interesting ocean liner postcards, often taken from imaginative angles and showing ships in unique ways.  This card for Olympic holds true to that rule.  Judging by the changes to the… read more ›

Two of the most famous liners ever built are featured in this real photo postcard.  Olympic and Mauretania are front and center and thus showcase the commodious size of Olympic compared to the previous holder… read more ›

Rarely seen oversized book-post card of Olympic.  She’s brand new and sitting in the River Mersey during her salute to the city in June, 1911.  Very large, measuring about 10½” x 5½”.  Unused and has… read more ›

As we know, souvenirs aboard the great liners before World War I were sold by the ship’s barber, whose shop was stuffed with items that we can only drool over today.  Here is one of… read more ›

Cute silver-plated souvenir candy dish from RMS Olympic.  In very good condition with lovely enamel logo.  Measures about 4” in diameter.  These can be seen for sale in her barber shop.  Quality souvenirs for Olympic… read more ›

Sterling silver spoon from RMS Olympic’s on-board gift shop.  This pre-war beauty was made in Birmingham and is dated 1913.  The enamel disk of Olympic coming out of a 5-pointed star is impressive.  Mint condition.

Beautifully patterned linoleum floor tiles in alternating shades of green and cream as used on board the Olympic.  Archival photographs of the liner’s interior show these tiles in use in the barber shop and other… read more ›

First-class linoleum corridor tiles from Olympic that were installed in a paint factory in Haltwhistle, England, until sold at auction in 2004.  You can see the tiles in the close-up archival of a D Deck… read more ›

A first-class passenger snapped this photo of third-class children playing a game where you eat an apple hung by a string while your hands are bound.  A scene that must have been repeated hundreds of… read more ›

A stunning and very rare silver fruit bowl from Olympic’s restaurant service.  It is made by Goldsmiths and Silversmiths and is simply beautiful with embossed fruits in the bottom of the bowl.  It measures about… read more ›

Superb first-class bread/fruit basket by Elkington.  Boldly sporting the famous reed-and-star pattern introduced for use on Olympic and Titanic, this particular serving dish is also emblazoned with oak leaves, acorns, shells, and not one but… read more ›

Impressive and decorative silverplated sauce dish.  By our old friends Elkington and dated to 1930.  Perhaps made for Britannic.  Happily, it is in the famous reed-and-star pattern.  Not only is that the world’s favorite White… read more ›

I find White Star china and silver patterns quite intriguing.  Every time I find a new photo and think, wow, maybe we will learn how a pattern was used, I am often stymied as the… read more ›

Made famous in the blooper from the movie “A Night to Remember” (that somehow made it into the movie!), White Star did indeed use sugar shakers although perhaps less enthusiastically than in the movie.  This… read more ›

The Clover Club in Philadelphia put on a play called “The Gay Deceivers” to benefit the Titanic survivors in May, 1912.  This is the original flyer.  You can imagine the outpouring of grief over the… read more ›

A White Star brochure I haven’t offered before for tourist-third class on Majestic, Olympic, Homeric.  Eight page with nine images, most full page.  Great graphics, and text is in French.  Sports a very interesting view… read more ›

Want to be like me and own loads of shares of bankrupt companies?  Well, here is your chance.  In 1927, the International Mercantile Marine Co. sold the White Star Line to Royal Mail group.  The… read more ›