Giant, silver mounted, RFC propellor boss biscuit barrel.
Lathe turned, laminated mahogany propeller boss, mounted with solid silver lid, rim and handle.
Hallmarked Birmingham 1918 makers mark SWS&Co for S. W. Smith & Co.
The silver lid with domed center fitted with revolving four bladed propellor.
The front fitted with silver RFC wings and a 1918 hallmarked silver plaque engraved with a family crest;
Demi-Lion Rampant Holding in the Dexter Paw a Sword above a
Cross Patonced in a shield.
Possible connection to the Sampson family crest.
The latin motto, Esse Quam Videri / ''To be, rather than to seem''.
Barrel lining made of heavy silver plate.
A most impressive souvenir commisioned in the year that the RFC was disbanded and became part of the newly formed RAF.
In the genre of trench art, although professionally made to order, being constructed from recycled articles of war.
Diameter 8,1/2'' or 215mm, height 8,1/2'' or 215mm.
Gross weight 2562 gra
...ms.
All in excellent condition.
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Internal Reference: 200617
Antique ID Number (AIDN): SA712130
Dateline of this antique is 1920
Height is 21.5cm (8.5inches)Width is 21.5cm (8.5inches)Depth is 21.5cm (8.5inches)
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