£190 - £230
OCEAN LINER: Rare silver Royal Mail Steam Packet Company* presentation mirrored round box inscribed: “FIRST PRIZE FANCY DRESS BALL PRESENTED BY THE ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET Co.” by Elkington and Company. The lid with raised decoration of a couple in Georgian dress and a ship. Maker: Elkington and Company Birmingham 1928. Height:30mm. Diameter: 78mm
NB * The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company was a British shipping company founded in London in 1839 by James MacQueen. The line's motto was ‘Per Mare Ubique’ (everywhere by sea). After a troubled start, it became the largest shipping group in the world in 1927 when it took over the White Star Line.
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