Aeroplane
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, metal, silk and rubber
Measurements
840 mm (Height)
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Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 937030.2.1
Summary
Wooden structure consisting of two outer poles either side of a long central sail and with two front propellors, part of a collection of items believed to belong to a model Ding-Sayers Monoplane, also including: (.2) wood frame consisting of central pole and curved wing pole attached to a stretched glazed silk triangle with two metal hooks at the front and a further stretched silk section now crumpled; (.3) long curved wood pole with metal 'hooks' at either end; (.4) large rectangular piece of brown card packaging with handwritten address, and information and delivery labels.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).