Untitled
Category
Models
Date
1935
Materials
wood and metal
Measurements
45 x 135 x 110 mm
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1655827.32
Summary
A Gloster Gauntlet, an assembled and handpainted 'Skybird' model aircraft. Kit number 10A, 1935. Aircraft painted silver except for propeller & engine cowling which are grey. There are red, white & blue roundels on the upper & lower wings and fuselage sides. Undercarriage is bent. Number 32 of a large collection of one hundred and thirty four painted wood and early plastic 'Skybird' aircraft models and others, mostly 1930s to 1940s.
Provenance
Accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the National Trust, 2013