TITANIC PRESENTATION BURGEE

Lot 13
10.09.2024 00:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Vendu
$ 81 900
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Lieu de l'événementRoyaume-Uni, London
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Lot 13 | TITANIC PRESENTATION BURGEE
Valeur estimée
$ 10 000 – 15 000
TITANIC PRESENTATION BURGEE
EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Stitched cotton, the luff edge stenciled "R.M.S. Titanic" in black ink, and with an applied embroidered felt patch reading From the crew survivors to Mrs. J.J. Brown.

A copy of a White Star Line Titanic burgee, with presentation patch from the surviving crew members to fellow passenger Molly Brown, thought to have been given to her on an anniversary of the sinking in commemoration of her bravery.

The American socialite and philanthropist popularly known as "the unsinkable Molly Brown" was born Margaret Tobin in 1867, near the Mississippi in Hannibal, Missouri. She married James Joseph Brown for love, though he would become wealthy as a mining engineer whose company hit a substantial ore seam. They settled in Denver where she founded the Denver Woman's Club and advocated for women's rights and labor reforms. Molly earned her (posthumous) moniker after the sinking of the Titanic, gaining fame for her heroic efforts during the sinking when she urged the crew to return to the debris and look for survivors.

This is the only presentation flag we have been able to trace at auction, and we have been unable to locate a record of the presentation. The fabric and construction date it to perhaps around the 10th anniversary in 1922, and it was likely made in America.
Framed: 44 5/16 in. (112.6 cm.) high, 37 13/16 in. (96.0 cm.) wide, 2 1/8 in. (3.4 cm.) deep




Provenance

Mrs. J.J. Brown ("Unsinkable Molly Brown"), socialite and Titanic survivor, 1867-1932.
The Ken Schultz Collection, Hoboken, New Jersey.
Anonymous sale; Bonhams New York, 23 May 2012, lot 2130.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
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