Model part
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal and wood
Measurements
200 mm (L)
Place of origin
Paris
Order this imageCollection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 937030.3.3
Summary
Thin, dark wood propellor with white metal plate at the front on which is twice inscribed 'BREVETE / AL-MA / PARIS', part of a model aeroplane, 'AL-MA', (Brevete) Paris, also consisting of: (.1) central metal pole with two stretched brown/orange silk wings on which is printed 'AL-MA'; (.2) two brown/orange silk triangles attached to a metal rod; (.4) bundle of thin rubber strips, now extremely brittle.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).
Marks and inscriptions
BREVETE / AL-MA / PARIS (inscribed twice on front plate)