Antique British Brass Spitfire Model – Cast Desktop Aircraft on Starburst Base (c.1940s–50s) Georgian or a personal keepsake to

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The form is compact and rounded with a narrow raised collar at the rim

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Antique British Brass Spitfire Model – Cast Desktop Aircraft on Starburst Base (c.1940s–50s) Georgian or a personal keepsake toA characterful mid 20th century cast brass model of a Supermarine Spitfire, mounted on its original starburst brass base and marked BRITISH MADE BRASS beneath. These small format aviation models were produced in Britain in the years following the Second World War, often sold as souvenir pieces or kept on desks as symbols of the eras engineering achievement. This example has a pleasingly honest finish with signs of hand finishing to the casting, a free