£50,000
R.M.S. TITANIC: Exceptional First-Class menu from R.M.S. Titanic, April 10th 1912, from her first dinner after leaving Southampton. This particular example was the property of First-Class Steward Charles Casswell and was posted to his wife, Hilda, from Queenstown. The menu itself bears an embossed red White Star Line burgee above gilt lettering OSNC alongside the lettering RMS Titanic. It illustrates the lavish and opulent culinary delights for First-Class passengers with a total of over twenty different options for dinner. The menu has been folded and split horizontally, when Mr Casswell sent it to his wife from Queenstown on April 11th 1912. Mr Casswell perished in the disaster. Framed and glazed 6¼ins. x 4¼ins. to museum standard.
Originally sold by Henry Aldridge & Son in 2012 and 2002 then prior by direct descent.
Fees apply to the hammer price:
Free Registration
30% inc VAT*
Flat Fee Registration
26.40% inc VAT*
