8th Nov, 2016 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Torch')
156
[M] A BELL FROM THE CUNARD LINER R.M.S. Lucania...
A BELL FROM THE CUNARD LINER R.M.S. Lucania (1893)
inscribed over a semi-circle with foliate flourish under, loop top and clapper -- 10in. (25.5cm.) high
One of a famous pair of late-Victorian Cunarders -- the other being her sister Campania -- Lucania was built by Fairfield's at Glasgow and launched in 1893. Registered at 12,950 tons gross (4,974 net), she measured 620 feet in length and had accommodation for 2,000 passengers in three classes. With an excellent service speed of 21 knots, she took the Blue Riband for the fastest Atlantic crossing one month after her maiden voyage and broke the record again on three occasions the following year. Fitted with wireless in 1901, she became the first liner to publish a shipboard bulletin compiled from radio news in 1903. An extremely popular steamer, her career was brought to an abrupt end when she caught fire and was burnt out at Liverpool on 14th August, 1909, being scrapped thereafter.
Provenance: UK private collection; Acquired approximately 35 years ago in Liverpool from the son of the one of the breaker's yard workers who broke the vessel up.
inscribed over a semi-circle with foliate flourish under, loop top and clapper -- 10in. (25.5cm.) high
One of a famous pair of late-Victorian Cunarders -- the other being her sister Campania -- Lucania was built by Fairfield's at Glasgow and launched in 1893. Registered at 12,950 tons gross (4,974 net), she measured 620 feet in length and had accommodation for 2,000 passengers in three classes. With an excellent service speed of 21 knots, she took the Blue Riband for the fastest Atlantic crossing one month after her maiden voyage and broke the record again on three occasions the following year. Fitted with wireless in 1901, she became the first liner to publish a shipboard bulletin compiled from radio news in 1903. An extremely popular steamer, her career was brought to an abrupt end when she caught fire and was burnt out at Liverpool on 14th August, 1909, being scrapped thereafter.
Provenance: UK private collection; Acquired approximately 35 years ago in Liverpool from the son of the one of the breaker's yard workers who broke the vessel up.
Sold for £6,200
Estimated at £4,000 - £6,000
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
A BELL FROM THE CUNARD LINER R.M.S. Lucania (1893)
inscribed over a semi-circle with foliate flourish under, loop top and clapper -- 10in. (25.5cm.) high
One of a famous pair of late-Victorian Cunarders -- the other being her sister Campania -- Lucania was built by Fairfield's at Glasgow and launched in 1893. Registered at 12,950 tons gross (4,974 net), she measured 620 feet in length and had accommodation for 2,000 passengers in three classes. With an excellent service speed of 21 knots, she took the Blue Riband for the fastest Atlantic crossing one month after her maiden voyage and broke the record again on three occasions the following year. Fitted with wireless in 1901, she became the first liner to publish a shipboard bulletin compiled from radio news in 1903. An extremely popular steamer, her career was brought to an abrupt end when she caught fire and was burnt out at Liverpool on 14th August, 1909, being scrapped thereafter.
Provenance: UK private collection; Acquired approximately 35 years ago in Liverpool from the son of the one of the breaker's yard workers who broke the vessel up.
inscribed over a semi-circle with foliate flourish under, loop top and clapper -- 10in. (25.5cm.) high
One of a famous pair of late-Victorian Cunarders -- the other being her sister Campania -- Lucania was built by Fairfield's at Glasgow and launched in 1893. Registered at 12,950 tons gross (4,974 net), she measured 620 feet in length and had accommodation for 2,000 passengers in three classes. With an excellent service speed of 21 knots, she took the Blue Riband for the fastest Atlantic crossing one month after her maiden voyage and broke the record again on three occasions the following year. Fitted with wireless in 1901, she became the first liner to publish a shipboard bulletin compiled from radio news in 1903. An extremely popular steamer, her career was brought to an abrupt end when she caught fire and was burnt out at Liverpool on 14th August, 1909, being scrapped thereafter.
Provenance: UK private collection; Acquired approximately 35 years ago in Liverpool from the son of the one of the breaker's yard workers who broke the vessel up.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Torch'), 8th Nov, 2016
