£3,000 - £5,000
A SILVER MODEL OF THE SHORT BROTHERS EMPIRE FLYING BOAT CANOPUS, 1936
modelled in frosted silver with 28in. wingspan, the detailed model including panelling and moving propellers mounted on two bronze supports to a green marble rectangular base with silver plaques inscribed THE EMPIRE FLYING BOAT, DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED BY SHORT BROS (ROCHESTER & BEDFORD) LTD FOR IMPERIAL AIRWAYS LTD, LAUNCHED JULY 4TH 1936, London hallmarks for Goldsmiths & Silversmiths, 1936, contained within baize-lined wooden fitted case, the model and base -- 12 x 22 x 28in. (30.5 x 56 x 71cm.); 4.3kg.
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The Worshipful Company of Shipwrights, presented by H.O. Short, Liveryman, shortly after the Company's decision to admit people connected with the aircraft industries as well as the maritime industries. Displayed at the Air Fair, Biggin Hill, 1967.
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