1st May, 2013 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Excellent)
178
[M] TRANSATLANTIC STEAM SHIP COMPANY<br/>an Imari...
an Imari pattern-decorated shallow dish, the base transfer-printed with a portside view of the paddle-steamer Liverpool, the base bearing a similar transfer with 'Liverpool' below -- 6½in. (16.5cm.) diameter
A very rare survival from one of the pioneering North Atlantic steamship lines.
There were only three steamship lines offering North Atlantic passenger services before the advent of Cunard in 1840, the smallest and least known of which was the Transatlantic Steam Ship Company (T.S.S.C.) sailing out of Liverpool. An offshoot of the pioneering City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, the T.S.S.C. employed only two ships, the first of which, Royal William, was borrowed from the Dublin fleet whilst the second, Liverpool, was ordered for the same concern but purchased 'on the stocks' for the new venture. Registered at 1,050 tons and measuring 223 feet in length with a 31 foot beam, she had accommodation for 98 passengers and could just manage 7.5 knots at full steam. In the event, she proved completely unsuitable for North Atlantic sea conditions and, after arriving home in January 1840 at the end of her seventh voyage, she was laid up for major alterations. Before these were completed however, her owners decided to merge with P. & O. who renamed her Great Liverpool and put her to work on their main Iberian route where she remained until wrecked off Cape Finisterre on 24th February 1846.
Sold for £682
Estimated at £300 - £400
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
Condition Report
excellent condition
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an Imari pattern-decorated shallow dish, the base transfer-printed with a portside view of the paddle-steamer Liverpool, the base bearing a similar transfer with 'Liverpool' below -- 6½in. (16.5cm.) diameter
A very rare survival from one of the pioneering North Atlantic steamship lines.
There were only three steamship lines offering North Atlantic passenger services before the advent of Cunard in 1840, the smallest and least known of which was the Transatlantic Steam Ship Company (T.S.S.C.) sailing out of Liverpool. An offshoot of the pioneering City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, the T.S.S.C. employed only two ships, the first of which, Royal William, was borrowed from the Dublin fleet whilst the second, Liverpool, was ordered for the same concern but purchased 'on the stocks' for the new venture. Registered at 1,050 tons and measuring 223 feet in length with a 31 foot beam, she had accommodation for 98 passengers and could just manage 7.5 knots at full steam. In the event, she proved completely unsuitable for North Atlantic sea conditions and, after arriving home in January 1840 at the end of her seventh voyage, she was laid up for major alterations. Before these were completed however, her owners decided to merge with P. & O. who renamed her Great Liverpool and put her to work on their main Iberian route where she remained until wrecked off Cape Finisterre on 24th February 1846.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Excellent), 1st May, 2013
