Flt.Lt S.N.Webster – Schneider Trophy, 1927
Price Code: SOLD
Reference: (Top) 3168 & 5483
Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company: An historic Sterling silver Supermarine S.5 Schneider Trophy race winner’s presentation model. The citation to the hallmarked plaque reads: Supermarine-Napier S.5. Ist & 2nd, Schneider Cup Race, Venice 1927. Piloted by Flt.Lt. S N Webster AFC Ist, Flt.Lt O.W.Worsley 2Nd, Creating Worlds Speed Record of 281.6 mph. Removable spinning propeller similarly hallmarked. Mounted on stepped ebonized wooden base, and hallmarked under the tail ‘G&S Ltd (Goldsmiths and Silversmiths) London 1927.’
Wingspan: 8 inches (20 cms)
REFERENCE: 3168
Price Code: SOLD
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A commemorative gilded-brass miniature carriage or mantle clock, with timepiece by the Zenith Watch Company, and engraved ‘Congratulations to the Schneider Cup Winner from a few of his Comrades from Butts School’. In a fitted, leather presentation case.
Height of clock: 2 inches (5 cms)
REFERENCE: 5483
Price Code: SOLD
Additional Notes: Flight Lieutenant S.N. ‘Pebbler’ Webster attended Butts School in Staffordshire before joining the Royal Air Force in 1918, going on to win the Schneider Trophy contest in 1927.
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