A superb and very large Lucas No 246 nickel plated divers helmet rear lamp dating from the Edwardian period and suitable for Silver Ghost, Napier 40/50hp, etc. This is the largest lamp of this type Lucas ever made. It measures 100mm across. I believe it is probably new old stock as I don’t think it’s ever been fitted to a car. The slivering inside ..
Rolls Royce aluminium engine side-plate (cover) with captivated brass screws. Good condition, no corrosion. Believed to be off a 20/25 engine. 306mm long.
An Italian aristocrat who had taken his Rolls Royce Silver Ghost with him to the Kaiser War (there was a corp of aristocratic officers who put their cars in the war effort - they were used as staff cars, and in any other possible way). He and his car survived the war, but the original elegant tourer body had been scrapped and a crude van body pu..