Gilt Aviation Objects

Icarus. Art Deco gilt bronze sculpture of an athletic man with stylized wings, mounted over a marble base. Icarus has been always been related with aviation or airplane collectibles...

Vickers-Armstrong Limited. A highly unusual presentation desk piece in the form of a gilded-bronze Spitfire, the model mounted on a chrome-plated base with serpentine stand, with a central removable ashtray with four rests and bearing the Vickers-Armstrong insignia to the centre. Around the base is inscribed ‘1940 G. Norton, 1945, Vickers-Armstrong Limited, Castle Bromwich...