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R.M.S. TITANIC (1912)A CONTINUOUS CERTIFICATE OF DISCHARGE BOOK
Lot 502 Property from the Collection of David Gainsborough Roberts

R.M.S. TITANIC (1912)A CONTINUOUS CERTIFICATE OF DISCHARGE BOOK

EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Closed14 September 2016

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R.M.S. TITANIC (1912)
A CONTINUOUS CERTIFICATE OF DISCHARGE BOOK
EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Numbered 'No. 667886', belonging to Miss Mabel Elvina Martin, 2nd Cashier of the Titanic, issued to her at Southampton 10th April 1912 and showing her 'date and place of discharge/ 15.4.1912/ Lat 41° 15"n/ Long 50° 14' w', 'Description of voyage/ Vessel lost', 'Signature of Master/ White Star Line s/s Co/ per J. A . Shepherd'
6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) high; 4 ½ in. (11.5 cm.) wide

Miss Mabel Elvina Martin (1892-1960)
Thence by descent
Christie's, South Kensington, 5 May 1994, lot 595.

Specialist note

Miss Mabel Elvina Martin was born 18th March 1892 and therefore was just twenty years old when Titanic foundered. She was the 2nd Casher in the exclusive Ritz restaurant. She was rescued on lifeboat 6.
The lot is also sold with a photograph of Miss Martin in later life.