Model of SS ORCADES in an acrylic box
Date1948 - 1964
Object number00026688
NameModel
MediumPlastic, metal?, paint
DimensionsOverall: 101 x 210 x 69 mm, 627.57 g
ClassificationsModels
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Glenn Rankin
DescriptionThe plastic souvenir cigarette case from SS ORCADES features a colour illustration of the Orient Line ship with its distinctive corn-coloured hull. The SS ORCADES and SS ORONTES ship models were purchased in New Zealand by Bill Rankin, who worked as assistant steward and tourist class waiter on the passenger vessels.
c 1970
Samuel J Hood Studio
November 1937
