30th Apr, 2014 12:00

Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Seraph)

 
Lot 137
 

137

[M] A CUNARD LINE PRESENTATION COPY OF THE "SHIP...

A CUNARD LINE PRESENTATION COPY OF THE "SHIP BUILDER" ISSUE FOR AQUITANIA TO HER CHIEF DESIGNER, LEONARD PESKETT
gilt-edged pages containing coloured and black and white images, pull-out plans etc., bound with plush-filled gilt-leather boards, marbled inside the cover, embossed THE CUNARD QUADRUPLE-SCREW LINER 'AQUITANIA' L. PESKETT ESQ. -- 10 x 8in. (25.5 x 20cm.); together with an autograph menu from the Berengaria dated August 9th 1923 and containing signatures for Peskett and his wife inside
(2)
Leonard Peskett, O.B.E. (1861-1924) was an apprentice shipwright at H.M. Dockyard, Chatham where he concentrated on design. Joining Cunard in 1884, he remained in their service until his death and was involved with many of their ground breaking projects, the acme of which were the designs for R.M.Ships Lusitania and Mauretania in 1907, and Aquitania in 1913. Considered a leading authority on liner design, he was a Councillor of the Institution of Naval Architects where he presented an award-winning paper Design of Steamships from the Owners' Point of View in August 1914.

Sold for £434
Estimated at £300 - £500

(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)


Condition Report
Fine original condition; a little rubbing to edge of spine on front cover; modest spotting inside fly leaf.

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A CUNARD LINE PRESENTATION COPY OF THE "SHIP BUILDER" ISSUE FOR AQUITANIA TO HER CHIEF DESIGNER, LEONARD PESKETT
gilt-edged pages containing coloured and black and white images, pull-out plans etc., bound with plush-filled gilt-leather boards, marbled inside the cover, embossed THE CUNARD QUADRUPLE-SCREW LINER 'AQUITANIA' L. PESKETT ESQ. -- 10 x 8in. (25.5 x 20cm.); together with an autograph menu from the Berengaria dated August 9th 1923 and containing signatures for Peskett and his wife inside
(2)
Leonard Peskett, O.B.E. (1861-1924) was an apprentice shipwright at H.M. Dockyard, Chatham where he concentrated on design. Joining Cunard in 1884, he remained in their service until his death and was involved with many of their ground breaking projects, the acme of which were the designs for R.M.Ships Lusitania and Mauretania in 1907, and Aquitania in 1913. Considered a leading authority on liner design, he was a Councillor of the Institution of Naval Architects where he presented an award-winning paper Design of Steamships from the Owners' Point of View in August 1914.
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