Request with a sketch to manufacture two brass plates for suspending a large electric light shade for Mr. Royce's private account.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 180\M1\3\ img026 | |
| Date | 28th October 1920 | |
| WW. DO. LIGHTING SET ORIGINAL To HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Rs. {Sir Henry Royce's Secretary} Rs {Sir Henry Royce's Secretary} 9/G28/10/20. 2 RECEIVED X.3362 RE MATERIAL FOR WEST WITTERING(Henry Royce's home town). Would you kindly, in accordance with Mr. Royce's wishes, have two brass plates about 1/16" thick made to the sketch below:- [Sketch with dimensions] 1 1/4" 1 3/4" 2 3/4" 1/2" ALL HOLES 3/16 DIA. These plates are required for suspending a large shade for electric light. The shade is carried by a ring suspended by three chains from the above plate which is fastened in. The above plates should be charged to Mr. Royce's private account. Rs. {Sir Henry Royce's Secretary} [Signature] | ||
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).