CNN "N" Logo Ceramic Plates/Saucers

Items from SS MARIANNA 9 (ex PRINCIPE PERFEITO, AL HASA, FAIRSKY, VERA, MARIANNA IX))

Photo and copyright Peter Knego 2006.

White Glazed Ceramic
Blue and White CNN "N" Logo
6.5 Inch Diameter
$15 Each

Top, a close up of the stylized "N" logo and, bottom, the underside of the plate showing the imprint of Britamic Lifelong. Photos and copyright Peter Knego 2006.

It is absolutely amazing (and sad) to think that MARIANN 9 was another virtual museum when she went to the Alang breakers in 2001. Laid up for over a decade and with very sporadic use since her last sailing for Companhia Portuguesa de Transports Maritimos (the amalgamation of CNN, CCN, and Empresa Insulana) in the mid-1970s, she was chock full of original liner crockery and silver. These stylish little plates can be used for serving hors d'oeuvres or can serve as saucers for the CNN "N" logo bowls. This stylized "N" (for "Nacional") logo was apparently the latter day CNN symbol and dates from the late 1960s or early 1970s. There are two different manufacturers, depending on the piece: Sampson Bridgewood or Britamic Lifelong, both "Ironstone" and from England.

An "N" plate and bowl together. Photo and copyright Peter Knego 2006.

A sampling of the CNN crockery retrieved from the former SS PRINCIPE PERFEITO and available on MidShipCentury. Photo and copyright Peter Knego 2006.