The pen holder is in excellent condition from this famous old ocean liner.
It weighs 107g.
The base measures 10cm round, and the holders stand around 8cm in height.
SS Southern Cross was an ocean liner built in 1955 for the Shaw, Saville & Albion Line for Europe to Australia services. In 1975 she was rebuilt as a cruise ship and subsequently
sailed under the names Calypso, Azure Seas and OceanBreeze until 2003 when she was sold for scrap in Bangladesh.
The Southern Cross was the first passenger ship of over 20,000 tons to be built that had the engine room (and as a result of that, the funnel) located near the stern, rather than amidships. She started a trend of aft-engined ships, and today most passenger ships are built this way. Southern Cross was also the first major liner to have no cargo space, other than for ship's stores and passenger luggage