A RARE CARD TABLE FROM THE FIRST CLASS SMOKING ROOM OF R.M.S...

Hammer

£1,900

A RARE CARD TABLE FROM THE FIRST CLASS SMOKING ROOM OF R.M.S. AQUITANIA, PROBABLY SUPPLIED BY HARRIS LEBUS, CIRCA 1914

the rectangular top with circular corner counter trays with sliding drink trays under, covered in brown baize with later silver plate to centre inscribed This table and the accompanying chairs were part of the original furnishings in the Cunarder “AQUITANIA”. They were presented to the “WELLINGTON” by the CUNARD STEAM-SHIP COMPANY LIMITED as a tribute to the memory of THE LATE COMMODORE SIR JAMES T.W. CHARLES K.B.E..C.B..R.D..R.N.R., A Founder Member of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners, who commanded the ‘AQUITANIA” from 1918-1928, birch-veneered frame with faint chalk marks underneath inscribed 'STAR F' [starboard, first class] supported on four carved maple legs, with shell carvings and bellflowers, terminating in carved cloven hoofs, approximately -- 30in. (76.2cm.) square; together with a Perspex display cover and four 'hands' of Cunard cards

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The Honourable Company of Master Mariners; Presented by Cunard Steamship Company as a tribute to Commodore Sir James T. W. Charles KBE CB RD RNR (1865-1928), a founding member of The Honourable Company of Master Mariners, and who commanded Aquitania from 1918-1928.

Overall good condition, missing the original metal braces that would have anchored the table to the floor, with indistinct blue pencil inscription “STAR” and perhaps “F”, possibly indicating Starboard side, First Class. Some losses to veneer.