LOT 67 †

A 'Heraldic Lion' mascot, formerly the personal car mascot of British Conservative politician The Right Honourable Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, 1910s,

Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000

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Lot 67^†

A 'Heraldic Lion' mascot, formerly the personal car mascot of British Conservative politician The Right Honourable Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, 1910s,

The Golden Age Of Motoring|4 November 2022, 13:00 GMT|London, New Bond Street

A 'Heraldic Lion' mascot, formerly the personal car mascot of British Conservative politician The Right Honourable Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, 1910s,

believed unique mascot, finely detailed solid cast nickel-plated bronze in the form of a seated lion holding a curved dagger and Fleur-de-Lys emblem, modelled on the Maitland family crest, 12cm high, mounted on a Bakelite radiator cap above a turned wooden base, offered together with a cut-out pencil, watercolour and gouache on paper sketch of the full 'Consilio et Animus' Maitland Coat of Arms featuring the Heraldic Lion emblem, 27cm high, mounted on manila envelope addressed to Lady Steel-Maitland, within glazed wooden frame.
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Footnotes

Sir Arthur Herbert Drummond Ramsay Steel-Maitland (1876-1935) was a British Conservative politician, first Chairman of the Conservative Party 1911-1916, and held junior office 1915-1919 in the coalition government under David Lloyd George, and later served as Minister of Labour under Stanley Baldwin. He was created Baronet of Sauchie in Stirling, Scotland, in 1917.

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SALEROOM NOTICE Please note that in the printed catalogue for this sale, the images for lots 67 and 68 are incorrectly labelled, the images on the website are correctly labelled. The text in the printed catalogue is correct.

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