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Silver-plated round sugar bowl with two handles, marked with Cunard Steamship logo on side and Regen

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Silver-plated round sugar bowl with two handles, marked with Cunard Steamship logo on side and Regen
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Silver-plated round sugar bowl with two handles, marked with Cunard Steamship logo on side and Regent Plate on bottom, ex-Aurania (1918). 373 grams, 6" x 3-1/2" x 4". Almost pristine sugar bowl (small corrosion holes on one side) with markings on side and bottom, bright silver in color with light champagne toning starting to form, rare provenance as from the Aurania which was a World War I troop carrier torpedoed by German U-boats off Ireland on February 4, 1918, and subsequently sunk near the Island of Mull, Scotland, after being towed there, her silver room (which held this creamer) not reached by salvagers until 1980. From the S.S. Aurania (1918), with certificate. Recovered from:S.S. Aurania, sunk in 1918 off Island of Mull, Scotland