January 24, 2024
Early Luckenbach Shipping Boat Lines Reed & Barton Antique Collectible Cup.
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Here is a neat nautical antique shipping company advertisement Jigger or Match Holder cup made by Reed and Barton from the Luckenbach Boat Line that was a shipping company. Found this info on line:Luckenbach Steamship Co. was one of the longest-lived and most successful of US shipping companies. Lewis Luckenbach started with a single tugboat in New York and initially built his fortune by pioneering tug and barge transport of coal from Norfolk, Virginia (the outlet for the coal fields in what is now West Virginia), to New England. Luckenbach was later a major force in the intercoastal trade. After World War II the company took over from the United States Maritime Commission several standard ships to make up for the wartime losses.In 1960 Randolph Sevier, President of the Matson Line, sought acquisitons or mergers with Isthmian, along with United States Lines, States Lines, Luckenbach Steamship and others. In the end, nothing was produced from any of these negotiations.Edgar F. Luckenbach reorganized the company between 1960 and 1970 by withdrawing ships from the unprofitable intercoastal trade and re-deploying them on the international charter market. At the same time, he broadened the shore side activities of the firm. The Luckenbach Steamship Company and its affiliates served over 150 ship-owning principals and their vessels on
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