A Huge British Vintage Royal Navy Red Ensign Flag c.1930 sub-Curios terminating in a steel collar

terminating in a steel collar and a fine and unusual balloon shaped parquetry chequered mahogany handle

The costume has a handful of areas that need attention

Half models or door porter lions like these were rather popular for large country houses in late Victorian times

Having attractive turned and fluted legs with a moulded edged top and original tooled leather

Length: 165cms / 5

A Huge British Vintage Royal Navy Red Ensign Flag c.1930 sub-Curios terminating in a steel collarOrigin: British Period: Early Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: By Decent of a Captain of an Esso Oil Tanker Date: c. 1920 40 Height: 70 inches Width: 133 inches Flying to around eleven feet long and double hand stitched in heavy cloth, this generously sized appliqu red ensign flag flew from a huge Esso tanker in the first half of the twentieth century and is offered for sale from a direct descendant of the Captain of the tanker. There are no tears or