EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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R.M.S. TITANIC (1912)
A CONTINUOUS CERTIFICATE OF DISCHARGE BOOK
EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Numbered 'No. 667886', belonging to Miss Mabel Elvina Martin, 2nd Cashier of the Titanic, issued to her at Southampton 10th April 1912 and showing her 'date and place of discharge/ 15.4.1912/ Lat 41° 15"n/ Long 50° 14' w', 'Description of voyage/ Vessel lost', 'Signature of Master/ White Star Line s/s Co/ per J. A . Shepherd'
6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) high; 4 ½ in. (11.5 cm.) wide

Provenance

Miss Mabel Elvina Martin (1892-1960)
Thence by descent
Christie's, South Kensington, 5 May 1994, lot 595.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Miss Mabel Elvina Martin was born 18th March 1892 and therefore was just twenty years old when Titanic foundered. She was the 2nd Casher in the exclusive Ritz restaurant. She was rescued on lifeboat 6.
The lot is also sold with a photograph of Miss Martin in later life.

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