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This cup is an example of the crockery used by third class passengers on the Titanic. Cups in this style would typically have been used for drinking hot chocolate. It is one of a number of items from the wreck of the Titanic that have been loaned to the Merseyside Maritime Museum by the Liverpool and London Steamship Protection and Indemnity Association. It will be on display from 19 December 2008 with five other loan items from the Association.
Many items have been recovered from the wreck of the Titanic since Dr Bob Ballard first discovered it in 1985. The Titanic's salvors presented a selection of these items to the Liverpool and London Steamship Protection and Indemnity Association.
The Association, which was based in Water Street, Liverpool at the time of the liner's sinking, settled compensation claims from crew and passengers in the traumatic aftermath. It was founded in 1881 by legendary White Star chief Thomas Ismay with other steamship owners from the two ports.