Sutcliffe Diana Tinplate Clockwork Cruiser Boxed With Original Fittings and Key

This new unused Diana was given to me by a colleague who worked with me at the local college.

He had grown up close to the Sutcliffes and knew them well.  The firm had shut down but one of the brothers had a workshop at the bottom of his garden together with tools, jigs and a collection of pressings from the various boats that they had made over the years

At the same time the romance and marriage of Princess Diana and Charles was at the forefront of the news

This was the catalyst to create this one off Diana cruiser using pressings from various boats in the Sutcliffe range until they ran out

The result was this one off design built in limited numbers

The boat has never been run on the water and it is just as it would have been when it was completed and put in the box.  You won’t find a better example than this one – see the photographs

The box is also a one off – no colourful printed design.  Just a plain box with a black and white label stuck on the lid

The original key and fittings come in the original paper bag which was the typical packaging for them