Description: WELCOME TO PURSERSLOCKER'S WEEKLY LISTINGS. I SELL A WIDE RANGE OF QUALITY OCEAN LINER AND 20TH CENTURY DECORATIVE ARTS, SOME ITEMS COME DIRECT FROM MY COLLECTION, WHILST OTHERS ARE RECENT DISCOVERIES AND ARE FRESH TO THE COLLECTORS MARKET. I REGULARLY TRAVEL AROUND THE COUNTRY AND TO THE US, SO IF THERE IS A SPECIFIC ITEM YOU ARE LOOKING FOR PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT. LIKEWISE IF YOU HAVE ITEMS THAT YOU FEEL I MAY BE INTERESTED IN PLEASE CONTACT ME, I DO PURCHASE SINGLE ITEMS TO WHOLE COLLECTIONS. I REGULARLY SELL ITEMS OF FURNITURE AND FIXTURES FROM THE GREAT OCEAN LINERS OF YESTERYEAR, INCLUDING OLYMPIC, MAURETANIA AND THE QUEENS SO PLEASE CHECK MY OTHER LISTINGS.WHITE STAR LINE, RMS "BRITANNIC" (C-1914) 1ST CLASS DRESSING TABLE, LATER REPURPOSED AND RE FASHIONED INTO A CHEST OF DRAWS AND RE INSTALLED ON TO THE SHIPS EARLIER SISTER, RMS "OLYMPIC" DURING HER POST WW1 REFIT. BRITANNIC WOULD NEVER SEE PEACETIME COMMERCIAL SERVICE BUT WAS NEAR COMPLETE WHEN CALLED UP TO SERVE HER COUNTRY. IN THE HAISTY REFIT THAT FOLLOWED MUCH OF HER ALREADY INSTALLED LUXURIOUS INTERIORS, FIXTURES AND FITTINGS WERE REMOVED AND PLACED INTO SAFEKEEPING AT HER BUILDERS, HARLAND & WOLFF, WITH THE HOPEFUL INTENTION TO BE REINSTALLED AFTER WAR SERVICE. UNFORTUNATELY THAT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN AND THE LINER WOULD BE A CASUALTY OF THE GREAT WAR. AFTER THE CLOSE OF WW1, THE SURVIVING OLYMPIAN WOULD BE FINELY REFURBISHED. IN THE NEED TO UPDATE THE SHIP FOR THE NEW TASTES OF THE RAPIDLY APPROACHING 1920'S, PASSENGERS EXPECTED MORE STORAGE IN THEIR OCEAN GOING STATEROOMS, AND AS SUCH THE STORED FURNITURE OF HER LOST SISTER WAS PRESSED INTO USE, TO BE REPURPOSED FROM A THREE DRAWER DRESSING TABLE, INTO CHEST OF 9 DRAWS. THIS EXAMPLE ALSO HAS A PIECE OF REPURPOSED FRAME OF WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE MIRROR THAT WAS ONCE INSTALLED ABOVE. THIS HAS BEEN SO WELL RETRO FITTED, I CANNOT HELP BUT THIS THIS IS THE SHIPYARD WORK OF HARLAND AND WOLFF AND ORIGINAL TO THE SHIP AS REINSTALLED IN THE 1919 POST WAR REFIT.SO YOU NOW HAVE A FANTASTIC AND USEABLE PIECE OF FURNITURE MANUFACTURED FOR THE ICONIC BRITANNIC AND THEN RE INSTALLED ON THE EARLIER SISTER, ITS SERVED ON TWO OLYMPIANS! GOLDEN OAK WITH ORIGINAL SILVERED BRONZE HANDLES, IDENTICAL TO THOSE USED ON TITANIC. FULLY MARKED, THE TOP WITH BRITANNIC'S YARD NUMBER WHICH I FOUND DURING RESTORATION, ON THE REVERSE AS WELL AS REMNANTS OF OTHER MARKINGS. THE BOTTOM OF EACH DRAW FROM THE FORMER DRESSING TABLE SECTION ALL HAVE A THREE FIGURE NUMBER STAMPED ON THEM, I ASSUME THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL INTENDED BRITANNIC STATEROOM. THE LATER BLACK PAINT MARKINGS INDICATE THE STATEROOM NUMBER FROM THE PIECES LOCATION ON THE OLYMPIC, "A28", THIS PIECE CAN BE SEEN IN SITU ON THE DECK PLAN. THE SAME TYPE OF DRESSING TABLE/CHEST OF DRAWS CAN BE SEEN IN A 1930'S BROCHURE, AS WELL AS PHOTOS FROM HER SHIPBREAKERS, THOMAS WARD'S, WHEN THE FURNITURE WAS SOLD OFF AT AUCTION AND THROUGH THE COMPANY TO PRIVATE BUYERS, AFTER THE SHIP WAS BROKEN UP (SEE PICTURES). WHEN I FOUND THIS PIECE IT WAS MISSING THREE OF THE ORIGINAL HANDLES, I SOURCED AND HAD THREE RE PRODUCED AND HAD THE REMAINING EXAMPLES DIPPED AND REPOLISHED SO THEY ALL MATCHED. I HAVE HAD THE CHEST OF DRAWS LIGHTLY BUT SYMPATHETICALLY RESTORED, AT SOME STAGE SOMEONE LIME WASHED IT, SO THAT FINISH HAS BEEN REMOVED. THERE IS SOME OLD BUT TREATED WOODWORM DAMAGE IN THE PLY DRAW BOTTOMS, NOT NOTICEABLE, MENTIONED ONLY FOR TOTAL ACCURACY. I KNOW OF ONLY THREE OF THIS TYPE IN EXISTENCE, THIS AND ANOTHER EXAMPLE I HAD AROUND FIVE YEARS AGO, CHECK OUT MY BLOG, AND ANOTER IN A PRIVATE US COLLECTION. A RARE OPPORTUNITY. 33" X 22" X 22". PLEASE NOTE INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING IS EXPENSIVE, THIS IS LARGE AND VERY HEAVY AND WILL NEED TO GO VIA A FINE ART SHIPPER. UK COLLECTION IS POSSIBLE FROM MYSELF ON THE ISLE OF WIGHT OR SOUTH COAST, SOUTHAMPTON/PORTSMOUTH AREA, AND I WOULD DELIVER FOR PETROL COSTS TO A SERVICE STATION ON THE M25. PLEASE ENQUIRE. SEARCH WORDS:-TITANIC OLYMPIC WHITE STAR LINE CUNARD QUEEN MARY OCEAN LINER QUEEN ELIZABETH QE2 MAURETANIA LUSITANIA STEAMSHIP STEAM SHIP RMS SS R.M.S. S.S. ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK. PLEASE NOTE DUE TO A VERY SMALL MINORITY OF RUDE EBAYER USERS, ANY ITEM SOLD HERE ON EBAY ABOVE £50.00 WILL HAVE INSURANCE ADDED TO THE INVOICE. I DO NOT CONTROL THE BRITISH POSTAL SERVICE WHICH AT PRESENT SEEMS TO BE HIGHLY UNRELIABLE. DUE TO THE HIGH VOLUME OF EBAY SALES I MAKE, I ONLY MAKE ONE TRIP TO THE POST OFFICE PER WEEK, ITEMS ARE SENT OUT ONE WEEK AFTER PAYMENT HAS CLEARED.ALL ITEMS SENT HAVE PROF OF POSTAGE. Track Page Views With Auctiva's FREE Counter
Price: 8000 GBP
Location: Sandown, Culver Down
End Time: 2024-09-11T14:06:34.000Z
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