Sugar Shovel / Sifter & United States Lines SS America Post Card

Item: Sugar Shovel/ Sifter & Post Card

Make: Kraft Alpacca (Sugar Shovel), United States Lines (Post Card)

Age: 1940-1979

Construction: Alpaca Silver (Nickel Alloy), Paper

Dimensions: Spoon (5 3/4" Long), Postcard (3 1/2" x 5 1/2")

Condition: Very good pre-owned vintage condition. Minor surface scratches throughout. Signs of wear are consistent with age and use. Postcard has minor yellowing consistent with age. Please see photos. 

Details: Vintage postcard depicting the ship and "SS America" is engraved on the back side of the spoon handle. Likely not an original piece from the ship but was later engraved with the name of the ship.

The SS America was an ocean liner and cruise ship built in the United States in 1940 for United States Lines and designed by the noted American naval architect William Francis Gibbs. The ship was commissioned in WWII by the navy to transport troops from 1941-1946, before returning to commercial service until its sale in 1964. She is a sister ship to the SS United States, the fastest ocean liner to cross the Atlantic in either direction, and largest to ever be constructed entirely in the United States.