AN EXQUISITE AND RARE ANTIQUE (c1937) STERLING SILVER BROOCH FROM THE ARUNDEL CASTLE CRUISE LINER

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THIS EXQUISITE AND PRETTY RARE ANTIQUE (c1937) STERLING SILVER BROOCH FROM THE ARUNDEL CASTLE CRUISE LINER MEASURES 2.7cm ACROSS. THE RMS ARUNDEL CASTLE WAS A BRITISH OCEAN LINER WHICH ENTERED SERVICE IN 1921 FOR THE UNION-CASTLE LINE. HER SISTER SHIP WAS THE SS WINDSOR CASTLE; THEY WERE THE ONLY FOUR-FUNNELED LINERS NOT BUILT FOR TRANSATLANTIC SERVICE. SHE RECEIVED A REFIT IN 1937, WITH HER FOUR FUNNELS BEING RECONFIGURED INTO TWO, HER HULL LENGTHENED, AND HER BOW REMOULDED FROM A BLUNT CHISEL-STYLE INTO A MORE MODERN, ANGULAR DESIGN. SHE SERVED IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR AS A TRANSPORT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. THE BROOCH PIN IS MISSING. THE SHIP IN THE PICTURE IS AFTER SHE HAD HER REFIT IN 1937. THE BROOCH IS STAMPED STERLING SILVER, MADE IN ENGLAND AND IS NUMBERED; DT220213.

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