RMS Carpathia, Cunard Line, maiden voyage May 5, 1903; sunk July 15, 1918. Salvaged glass and metal flask with cap, the metal casing formerly with leather cover and has a faint pattern of a wine glass and stag with antlers to one side visible under raking light. Unmarked. Approx. h. 5.5", w. 3.5", d. 1". Note: Recovered on August 29, 2007, dive sixteen, by the Achilles rover at lat. 49º 22.093' N, long. 10º 41.726' W by an ROV basket. Accession number 07/0062. A conservation/condition report and certificate of authenticity will accompany this lot. Provenance: May 2001, Premier Exhibitions, Inc. acquired ownership of the wreck of the Carpathia, which was sunk by a German torpedo during World War I off the coast of Ireland; February 2007, RMS Titanic, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Premier Exhibitions, Inc., transferred those ownership rights to Seaventures ltd.; August 2007, by previous agreement with Seaventures ltd., Premier Exhibitions, Inc. conducted a scientific research and recovery expedition to the Carpathia, during which this object was recovered and subsequently conserved.

RMS Carpathia was best known as the ship that rescued 705 survivors from the shipwreck of RMS Titanic.

Artifact has been professionally conserved; upper portion of the glass body is etched from being in the ocean with staining and partial cork to the interior ; metal elements are pitted; hinged cap is detached, losses and chain is frozen.