RECENT ACQUISITIONS - 12th March
ROLLS ROYCE 'SPIRIT OF ECSTASY' SHOWROOM BRONZE, SIGNED CHARLES SYKES NO.13
£4,795.00
A 20th Century British showroom display bronze of the legendary Rolls-Royce mascot which was designed by Charles Sykes R.A, the dark patinated bronze sculpture is set on a shaped marble plinth. Signed by the artist Charles Sykes No.13, - later cast. The Spirit of Ecstasy, also called Eleanor, Silver Lady, or Flying Lady, was designed by Sykes, a graduate of London's Royal College of Art, and carries with it a story about secret passion between Montagu, second Baron Montagu of Beaulieu after 1905, a pioneer of the automobile movement, and editor of The Car Illustrated magazine from 1902, and the model for the emblem, Eleanor Velasco Thornton.
Reference Number: A00091