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- Sale 6113
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| Philadelphia
Nov 13 | 10:00 AM EST
Live
| Philadelphia
Sale 6113
| Philadelphia
| Philadelphia
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Estimate$2,000 – $3,000
Of baluster form raised on circular pedestal foot, with twin applied flower and scroll handles, inscribed on one side, "Presented to Captain Peter Johnson of the S.S. Maui April 15th, 1917 by the Maui Chamber of Commerce Kahului, Maui," with an engraved rendering of the S.S. Maui on the other.
H: 12 1/2 in. Weight: 41 troy oz.Captain Peter Johnson (b. 1863) is listed as "one of the best known mariners in the western ocean" in "The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders," ed. George F. Nellist, The Honolulu Star Bulletin, Territory of Hawaii, 1925.
A native of Sweden, Johnson took to the sea at an early age. He first arrived in Honolulu in 1880 and from there established a home in San Francisco, where he later worked alongside and befriended Captain William Matson (1849-1917), founder of the Matson Navigation Company.
The commercial passenger ship, the S.S. Maui, which traveled between the US West Coast and Hawaii, was built in 1917 by Union Iron Works at San Francisco, California, for the Matson Navigation Company of San Francisco. Johnson served as its first commander.
