Spitfire Pewter Top Pencil

Our Spitfire Pewter Top Pencil is a brilliant gift for collectors, youngsters and Spitfire enthusiasts.

This pencil topper is a detailed miniature of the iconic WWII Spitfire plane.
It’s handmade in the UK from lead-free pewter, and comes with our Made in:Here pencil, also made in the UK, from sustainable wood. We’ll include your choice of Trivia Tag, with fascinating facts about the Spitfire.

Choose one of these historical Spitfire snippets to appear on the tag…

• Birthplace: Southampton is the birthplace of the Spitfire aircraft, which saved the country during the Battle of Britain in WWII. Devised by R.J. Mitchell, the first Spitfire flew in 1936. Only 12 were initially ordered but more than 22,500 were eventually built.
• Nickname: R.J. Mitchell, designer of the famous Spitfire fighter aircraft, wanted it to be called the Shrew or the Scarab. Instead it was named after the daughter of Mitchell’s boss, whose fiery character had earned her the nickname ‘spitfire’.
• Schneider: The Schneider trophy air race was the most dangerous sport in history, a speed contest for sea planes held several times in Southampton waters. The trophy was won by Great Britain with RJ Mitchell’s SB-30 breaking the air speed record at 407 miles per hour in 1931.

See the Schneider Trophy and a Spitfire at Southampton’s Solent Sky Museum
Ever heard a Spitfire in flight? This Silver Spitfire round-the-world flight will leave you wanting more!

Browse our full range of Spitfire WWII gifts
Check out our Spitfire Paperweight, Battle of Britain Art Print and Schneider Box, which includes handmade gourmet food gifts as well as Spitfire items. We’ll personalise your labels and customise your gift boxes if you’d like us to!

You can find our full range at Southampton’s Sea City Museum gift shop, as well as Tudor House and selected hotels across the city including Highfield House Hotel and The Mercure Dolphin Hotel. For more Southampton pressies and pin badges, check out our Mayflower gifts and maritime heritage gifts.

Choose Sustainable
Our artisans make all our lead-free pewter gifts by hand, here in the UK, using only sustainable materials and environmentally friendly methods. Each piece has a low carbon footprint, in line with our ethos (we seriously dislike carbon miles!)

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