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 ›

Britannic was to become more important than ever to White Star Line’s future in 1914 and 1915, but as we know, it was not to be.  Her interiors were largely completed, however, and much was… 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 ›

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 ›

Some excellent research by White Star china historian Russ Upholster has revealed that the name of this pattern (often inaccurately called “Wisteria” or “Gothic Arch”) is actually “Crown.”  It’s a fitting name because of the… 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 ›

One of the first pieces of china in my personal collection was a White Star Line side plate just like this one.  These lovely plates display so well and I have a soft spot for… 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 ›

Rarely do we see anything for the White Star liner Cretic, but here is a color log abstract from her.  Dated September 8, 1904, it is framed and matted.  Frame measures 13″ x 11″.

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.

A pair of the last cards printed for Majestic.  The White Star version and the Cunard White Star overprint from 1935.  Both unused, the CWS version has an ink spot on the front and some… read more ›

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 ›

Back in 2004, I had a number of sets of bookends made out of pine decking from the Olympic that had been removed from the Haltwhistle paint factory.  I kept two sets, and all the… 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 ›

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.

Glass paperweight for one of history’s most storied ocean liners, the RMS Olympic. In very good condition with just a bit of paint loss  to the sky on the reverse-painted image.   Does not detract or… read more ›

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″.

Here is something it took me years to find.  A pair of postcards– one mailed from RMS Olympic’s maiden voyage in June, 1911, and one mailed from her final voyage in October, 1935.  Framed and… 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 ›

Many of you have heard the rumor that Olympic’s wheelhouse is being used as a potting shed somewhere in the U.K. or that a collector has the clock from Honor and Glory and jealously guards… 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 ›

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 ›

Highly sought after post-sinking Titanic souvenir.  These were made in the UK and sold to raise money for the Titanic Relief Fund.  Made by the Carlton China Company in the shapes of ancient Roman pottery… read more ›