An excellent silver-plated car mascot of the Bristol Type 135 twin-engined monoplane, circa 1930s, with well-detailed rotating propellers and cabin windows, the wings and fuselage with enamel RAF roundels. Mounted on an ebonized wooden base.

After its first flight in 1935, the Type 135 caused interest in the Air Ministry due to its top speed of 307 mph being higher than that of any RAF fighter in service at the time. Lord Rothermere, a close friend of Winston Churchill, presented the aircraft to the nation for evaluation as a bomber, and in early 1936 the modified design was taken into production as the Bristol Blenheim Mk I.

Width: 7 in. (18 cm). Depth: 6 in. (15 cm).