A rare coffee cup and saucer with tragic links to Liverpool is expected to sell for over £1,000.
The special items were recently discovered during a house clearance sporting some chips and superficial wear-and-tear. Despite this, the cup and saucer – thought to have been used by first class passengers on board the Titanic – are expected to make considerable money at auction.
The espresso cup and saucer, made around 1911, are stamped 'White Star Line' - the Liverpool-based company which owned the doomed liner. The cup itself is stamped 'Stonier & Co Liverpool' a Liverpool-based china and glass merchant who once had a massive department store in Liverpool city centre.
