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Ile de France Silver Flower Vase
Most likely swiped from a cabin or a table in the dining room.

This vase is silver and is very tarnished. I was thinking of cleaning it, but rather let the buyer make that decision.
It's 3 inches tall and the bowl is 2 inches in diameter.
Bottom says
Ile de France,
Meriden SP Co.
International S. Co
360

The SS Ile de France was a French ocean liner built in Saint-Nazaire , France for the French Line Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. The ship was the first major ocean liner built after the conclusion of World War I and was the first liner ever to be entirely decorated with the Art Deco designs. She was neither the largest ship nor the fastest ship, but she was considered the most beautifully decorated ship built by the French Line after the Normandie.

In 1956, the Ile de France played a major role in the rescue operation after the collision of the passenger liners SS Andrea Doria and SS Stockholm in 1956. Of 1,706 passengers and crew on the Andrea Doria, approximately 750 were transferred to the Ile de France during the (roughly) 6 hour rescue operation.

By 1959, the jet age had started and ocean travel was on a rapid decline. Yet another liner to fall victim to this trend, the French Line wished to quietly dispose of the ship and spare the ship any sort of undignified fate. The ship was sold to a Japanese scrapping company and departed Le Havre waters on February 16, 1959.

After being sold to Japanese scrappers, the Ile de France was used as a floating prop for the 1960 disaster film The Last Voyage as the SS Claridon, w she was partially sunk, explosive devices were set off in her interior, and her forward funnel was sent crashing into the deckhouse. The French Line took the filmmakers to court, and succeeded in obtaining an order to have the funnels repainted, and barring the use of the Ile de France name.

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