A SILVER AND ENAMELLED CIGARETTE CASE FOR THE SWEDISH-AMERICAN (SVENSKA AMERIKA) LINE'S M.S. GRIPSHOLM (1925)
with three-quarter profile depiction of Gripsholm underway to front, the interior with elastic retainer and Chester hallmarks for 1930-31 -- 5½ x 3¼in. (14 x 8.3cm.)

Built by Armstrong Whitworth, Gripsholm was a large vessel of nearly 18,000 tons. Designed as a passenger cargo ship, she was the first built with diesel engines for the Transatlantic route and, the day she was delivered (7 November 1925) coincided with the change of the Company's name from Rederiaktiebolaget Sverige-Nordamerika to the more practical Swedish-American Line. Laid up for the duration of the War, commercial operations resumed in March 1946 and in 1955 she was sold to the North German Lloyd Line who renamed her Berlin. She remained under these colours until sold from breaking at La Spezia in 1966.

Condition Report
Good condition overall, with no apparent damage or chipping to the image, back of box has two or three minor impressions, and internal elastic has perished.

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