This shattered section of White Star Line blue delft china was raised from the wreck site of the RMS Republic.

Republic was built by the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast, and launched in 1903. Dubbed "The Millionaire's Ship", she represented the height of luxury at the time and was the lead ship of White Star's Boston-Liverpool service. She sank in 1909 after colliding with the Lloyd Italiano liner, S.S. Florida in a dense fog off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts.