ORIGINAL CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE RMS QUEEN MARY ONBOARD FINE BONE CHINA DISH a476

Description

Queen Mary
sailed on her maiden voyage on 27 May 1936 and won the Blue Riband that August; she lost the title to SS Normandie in 1937 and recaptured it in 1938, holding it until 1952 when it was taken by the new
SS
United States
. With the outbreak of the
Second World War
, she was converted into a
troopship
and ferried
Allied
soldiers during the conflict.
Following the war,
Queen Mary
was refitted for passenger service and along with
Queen Elizabeth
commenced the two-ship
transatlantic
passenger service for which the two ships were initially built. The two ships dominated the transatlantic passenger transportation market until the dawn of the
jet age
in the late 1950s. By the mid-1960s,
Queen Mary
was ageing and was operating at a loss.
After several years of decreased profits for Cunard Line,
Queen Mary
was officially retired from service in 1967. She left
Southampton
for the last time on 31 October 1967 and sailed to the port of
Long Beach, California
, United States, where she remains
permanently moored
.
In 1990 I was married on the this lovely ship and at that time spent the night - Looked for Ghosts and got really drunk. I bought this with the feeling of a strong the connection I had with the ship and my first marriage. Traveled to each state and home I moved too. Cal. To NY To the Carolinas and now in Maryland. As you can guess by now I already disembarked from the marriage and now selling this lovely original Queen Mary candy dish. Even through the marriage didn't last this wonderful piece of history has.
Excellent condition no chips or cracks and in Excellent Condition.