EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Details

R.M.S. TITANIC (1912)
A BEAVER LAMB COAT
EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Provenance

Mabel Bennett
Given to her great niece in the 1960s
Henry Aldridge & Son Auctions, Wiltshire, 26 July 2000, lot 385.

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Lot Essay

This coat belonged to Mabel Bennett, a stewardess aboard the Titanic. At the time of her rescue, she was in her nightdress with just this coat for warmth. She died in 1974. The coat was given to her great niece in the 1960s and was restyled around the same time by Mays of Southampton.
Sold with a letter of provenance from Ms. Bennett's great niece.

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