Quality Sterling & Enamel Hawker Hunter Desk Blotter. 1956
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Quality English sterling silver and enamel desk blotter, no doubt made for Hawker as a corporate gift. Dating from 1956.
Sterling silver blotter with engine turned decoration. The handle bears an a silver image of a Hawker Hunter jet fighter in flight and is enameled in black, blue and white enamel. Stamped with a full English sterling silver hallmark which corresponds to the year 1956. It is also stamped with the maker's mark, "T & S" (Turner & Simpson Ltd., Birmingham). Dimensions : 152mm x 82mm x 48mm. Very good condition.
The very successful Hawker Hunter was designed by Sidney Camm (the designer of many Hawker aircraft including the Hurricane). The prototype was first flown on 20th July 1951 by the the famous W.W.II. ace (28 victories) and early jet test pilot, Neville Duke. On the 7th September 1953 he set a new air speed record of 727.62 mph flying a Hunter. It entered service with the Royal Air Force in July 1954. Over the years the Hunter was modified many times and served with the air forces of no less 19 countries. Today it is still being used by the Indian and Zimbabwe Air Forces.
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