Items Used on Board > China

PAIR OF VERY RARE TO FIND DISHES FROM THE MITSUI O.S.K. LINE

This item is a pair of round china dishes from the very rare to find shipping company The Mitsui O.S.K. Lines of Japan. They are produced in a fabulous deep blue colour and are in a great condition. They are marked on the back with the shipping line and the size of the two round dishes is 5" (13cm) wide and date from the 1960’s/1970’s. (Click on the picture to see the markings on back of plate)

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. is a Japanese transport company headquartered in Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo. The company's main area of operations is international shipping. Its alligator logo can be seen on containers in ports around the world.

Founded as a key part of the Mitsui zaibatsu (family-owned conglomerate) during the early industrialization of Japan, the company is now independent of the zaibatsu, but remains part of the Mitsui keiretsu (group of aligned companies). Many heads of this company have wielded considerable power in Japan and abroad. One of the latest is Masaharu Ikuta, who has been appointed to head the newly privatized Japan Post.

MOL (Mitsui O.S.K. Lines) was founded in 1964 following the merger of Osaka Shosen Kaisha (OSK) Osaka Shôsen Kabushiki-gaisha) and Mitsui Steamship Co., Ltd., formerly Mitsui Line, under the Law Concerning the Reconstruction and Reorganization of the Shipping Industry. At that time the company was the largest shipping company in Japan, capitalized at 13.1 billion, with 83 vessels aggregating 1,237 thousand metric tons deadweight (DWT).
Item: TT1375 BA150

A DINING PLATE FROM THE GERMAN VESSEL ‘MAXIM GORKI’

This item is a cup and saucer from the Russian vessel the SS Maxim Gorki. It is in a great condition and an unusual find. The items show the traditional design logo of the Maxim Gorki on them. The plate is bottom marked made in Germany due to its German connections. Click on the picture to see a close up of the company logo.

The SS Maxim Gorki was a cruise ship that was, until 30 November 2008, owned by Sovcomflot, Russia, under long-term charter to Phoenix Reisen, Germany. She was built in 1969 by Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft, Hamburg, West Germany for the German Atlantic Line as SS Hamburg. In 1973 she was renamed SS Hanseatic. The following year she was sold to the Black Sea Shipping Company, Soviet Union and received the name Maxim Gorki in honour of the poet Maxim Gorki. On 20 August 2008 the Maxim Gorki was sold to Orient Lines. She was due to enter service with her new owners on 15 April 2009 under the name SS Marco Polo II, but in November 2008 the re-launch of the Orient Lines brand was cancelled. On 8 January 2009 the ship was sold for scrap, and she was beached at Alang, India on 26 February 2009.

Although never used as such, the ship was originally planned as a dual ocean liner/cruise ship, for service between Hamburg and New York as well as cruising. She was the first major passenger liner built in Germany since 1938. On entering service for the Black Sea Shipping Company, she became the first four-star cruise ship operated under the Soviet flag.
Item: TT1346 BA149

AS USED ONBOARD CHINA PLATE FROM THE CANADIAN STEAMSHIP Co.

This is a dining plate which is an as used onboard item from the Canadian Steamship Line Shipping Company. The plate was used in service and is dated from the 1940’s. It is a Royal Worcester piece which is in a good condition and a not often found item. The size of the plate is 8" (20cm) wide.

The Canadian Steamship Line had humble beginnings in Canada East in 1845, operating river boats on the St. Lawrence River in general commerce. Subsequent growth over the years was tied to expansion of the canal system on the upper St. Lawrence River (the precursor to the St. Lawrence Seaway), and to a new Welland Canal connecting to the upper Great Lakes.

By 1924, the Canadian Steamship Line purchased its first self-unloader bulk carrier, the Collier, and also owned a shipyard in Collingwood, Ontario where the Canadian Steamship Line and competitor Lakers were being built. The Canadian Steamship Line also came into ownership of one of Canada's largest shipyards, Davie Shipbuilding, in Lauzon, Quebec for a period in the 1960s-1970s and was at one time a major passenger line on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River.
Item: TT1275 BA144

A COMMEMORATIVE PLATE FROM THE SS GREAT BRITAIN

This item is a superb large size china plate souvenir from the famous vessel The SS GREAT BRITAIN. It shows an excellent view of the vessel under sail and is shown in full colour.

The size of the plate is 8" (21cm) wide and it is in a fantastic condition. The exact age of this old souvenir is not known.
Item: TT1158 BA130

A SHIPS CHINA MUG FROM THE M/S NORDSTJERNEN

This item is a ships china mug from the vessel M/S Nordstjernen. It has the vessel shown on one side of the mug and the ships logo on the opposite side. It is in an unused as new condition.
Item: TT1126 BA127

AN ORNATE LITTLEHAMPTON PORT SOUVENIR CHINA PLATE

This item is an early souvenir china plate from Littlehampton Port. It is a nicely decorated plate which shows the Coat of Arms in the centre.

This plate is in a near perfect as new condition and is very difficult to date. The size of the plate is 6½" (16.5cm) wide and would make a great display piece.
Item: TT1100 BA124

A CHINA MUG SOUVENIR FROM THE VESSEL ‘NORDSTJERNEN’

This item is a china mug souvenir from the old vessel 'The Nordstjernen'. The souvenir mug is in a mint unused condition and shows a great view of the vessel on the side.
Item: TT1056 BA120

A SUPERB PICTURE PLATE SOUVENIR OF HMS VICTORY

The year 2005 celebrates the 200th anniversary of the great battle known as The Battle of Trafalgar. This item is one of many fabulous pieces available from TRAVELLERS IN TIME celebrating that 200th anniversary. Some of the pieces are directly linked to the Napoleonic period or to the famous flagship of Lord Horatio Nelson himself ‘HMS VICTORY’. Some other pieces listed are indirectly linked as souvenir items of Lord Nelson, the battle, his ship or the antiquities of the time.

This item is a fantastic condition souvenir china plate of Lord Horatio Nelson’s famous flagship HMS Victory. It shows a superb full colour picture of the vessel in the centre and is in a mint condition.

The artwork and detail to this plate is truly wonderful and it has a beautifully scrolled gold edge. It was made exclusively for the HMS Victory Souvenir Shop and was produced by J. H. Weatherby & Sons Ltd, who are famous for their pottery and china.

The size of the plate is 8¾" (22cm) wide and it is in as near a mint condition as you could find. This souvenir is now believed to be no longer available to purchase and it is thought only so many were commissioned.
Item: TT1040 BA Nelson1

AN ORIGINAL EARLY SOUVENIR MUG FROM THE FRED OLSEN LINE

This item is from The Fred Olsen Line shipping company and is an early style souvenir china mug. It is one of the first type mug souvenirs and it is 4” (10cm) high. Showing on the front is the company houseflag and the words ‘Fred Olsen Cruise Lines’. This item is an original early souvenir and is in an almost mint unused condition. (£2 - £10) – (£4 - £5 - £7)
Item: TT1035 BA119

OLD DECORATIVE SOUVENIR DISH SHOWING THE VESSEL ‘SKIBLADNER'

This item is a nice souvenir china dish showing a view of the old paddle steamer vessel ‘Skibladner’ in port.

It is a quite old item, which is to be found in a mint condition, and the size is 3½" (9cm).
Item: TT1034 BA119