Collection of 6 Vintage Cast Metal Aircraft Models on Bespoken Stands

An impressive and highly decorative collection of six vintage cast-metal aircraft desk models, dating principally from the mid-20th century and displayed on individual bespoke hardwood stands specially commissioned for the collection. The group comprises five twin-engined aircraft and one single-engined aircraft, each displaying a different and distinctive airframe design. Features represented across the collection include streamlined fuselages, rounded and tapered wings, detailed engine nacelles, engraved cockpit and panel lines, conventional and twin-fin tail arrangements, and differing military and passenger-aircraft-inspired silhouettes. Five of the aircraft are cast in brass and will be carefully hand polished before sale, revealing their attractive warm golden colour. The sixth has a contrasting dark silver-grey metallic finish, adding further visual interest to the collection. These are decorative interpretations rather than precisely documented scale models. Their simplified, sculptural appearance recalls the aircraft recognition, presentation and executive desk models produced during the Second World War and the decades immediately following it. A particularly important feature of the collection is its set of six individually made hardwood stands. Each stand was specially commissioned to accommodate its respective aircraft, presenting the models securely and giving them the appearance of being in flight. Displayed together, the models form a striking celebration of twentieth-century aviation design. They would make a superb focal point in an office, library, study, aviation collection, hotel or commercial interior. Materials: Cast brass, cast metal and hardwood Number of aircraft: Six Configuration: Five twin-engined and one single-engined aircraft Stands: Six bespoke handcrafted hardwood display stands