Titanic China: 2nd Class

While Titanic had multiple patterns in 1st class for her different areas for eating and drinking, 2nd and 3rd class had 1 type of china respectively.  In 2nd class on the Titanic, they used the Blue Delft pattern which was fairly common at the time.  It was a beautiful flowery pattern with vines that often interlocked around the edge.  Surprisingly, while 1st class china is often more fragile, it is the most common partly because it was pocketed the most due to the beautiful patterns and found uses elsewhere even after the White Star Line was merged with Cunard in 1924.  However, for 2nd and 3rd class china, it is much rarer and harder to find.   2nd class china hardly comes up for sale and when they do, they are very expensive.  But I was able to purchase 2 beautiful examples of original White Star Line 2nd class china which you can see below.

This soup plate was made by Stonier and Co. which supplied the majority of the china for the White Star Line.  One of the unique things about it is the firing fault in the middle of the star in the burgee.  

This beautiful dish was meant for asparaguses.