Nov 08, 2012 - Sale 2293

Sale 2293 - Lot 119

Price Realized: $ 780
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
BARBER (DATES UNKNOWN) THE GOLDEN ARROW / PULLMAN SERVICE. Circa 1955.
40x24 3/4 inches, 101 1/2x63 cm. Jordison & Co., London.
Condition A-: creases in image.
Here, a Britania class engine, the William Shakespeare, with distinctive golden arrows painted on its side and front, pulls its luxurious Pullman carriages to Dover. From there, passengers would board a ferry to cross the English Channel.