What is this "Concorde" thing?
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What is this "Concorde" thing?
Hi Guys,
Does anybody know what these are? (we have 3 of them).
They were "just" ornaments, so no idea what they are!
Thanks in advance!!!
Does anybody know what these are? (we have 3 of them).
They were "just" ornaments, so no idea what they are!
Thanks in advance!!!
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In the early days, if you were lucky enough to travel Concorde on scheduled, they had some very nice Concord branded gifts. I suspect this might be one of them?
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Thanks guys - well, a little more of the story has emerged - they were 'CD tower' tops - or rather they were perched on the 3 pillars of a CD tower.... we had made the assumption that someone just placed them there, but part of me thinks now they're supposed to be there?!!
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RacingSnake. I suspect the CD tower tops are really imaginative ideas. My guess goes along with stanwell. Paperweights, to take to the office with you to impress the "lower echelons". Hollow to save weight (yes, I know, a "weight-saving paperweight")
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The objects are certainly curious. Their shape and design seems odd for them to be paperweights.
RacingSnake - What material are they made from? Are they aluminium? One would never expect a paperweight to be made from aluminium - and hollowed-out aluminium at that.
Perhaps they were originally solid, and the hollowing-out was later carried out by a machinist, to enable the paperweights to be utilised as tops for the CD tower.
All of the metal BA Concorde pax "gifts" or "souvenirs" I have uncovered, all appear to be sterling silver, with hallmarks to prove their silver standard.
RacingSnake - What material are they made from? Are they aluminium? One would never expect a paperweight to be made from aluminium - and hollowed-out aluminium at that.
Perhaps they were originally solid, and the hollowing-out was later carried out by a machinist, to enable the paperweights to be utilised as tops for the CD tower.
All of the metal BA Concorde pax "gifts" or "souvenirs" I have uncovered, all appear to be sterling silver, with hallmarks to prove their silver standard.