Lot 803
A ROYAL NAVY PRESENTATION TORPEDO LAMP BASE.
A presentation lamp base with a circular mahogany base with tablet engraves 'Presented to Commodore AJ Leahy MBE DSC, ADC on his retirement from the Royal Navy, Clyde Submarine Base May 1978'. The column of the lamp with silver plated base and top in the manner of a torpedo with propeller and fins, the column decorated with five dolphins swimming up the column. 70cm high, 20cm wide. Alan (Spiv) John Leahy (1925-1919) had a distinguished career with the Royal Navy not least as a pilot with the Fleet Air Arm who saw active service during the Korean War in Sea Furys.
