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ROLLS ROYCE CHARLES SYKES SPIRIT ECSTASY 925 CAR MASCOT
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You are offering in a gorgeous 925 sterling silver hood ornament of the famous Spirit of Ecstasy on a marble base. Designed by Charles Robinson Sykes, she has adorned the radiators of Rolls-Royce motor cars since 1911. The piece is signed in the foot "ROLLS ROYSE CHARLES SYKES". Also signed "TRADE MARK" and "REG. US PATENT" good original condition. (is best described by the pictures) 7" tal with the base. Spirit of EcstasyFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The "Spirit of Ecstasy" on the hood of a 1971 Silver Shadow"Spirit of Ecstasy" is the name of the hood ornament on Rolls-Royce cars. It is in the form of a woman leaning forwards with her arms outstretched behind and above her. Billowing cloth running from her arms to her back resembles wings. It was originally called the "Spirit of Speed". First used on 6 February 1911, it was designed by Charles Sykes and is probably modeled on Eleanor Velasco Thornton. Thornton was the secretary and lover of John Walter Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, a friend of Sykes and an early motoring enthusiast who commissioned the first statuette for his own Rolls Royce. Claude Johnson of Rolls-Royce described how Sykes had sought to convey the image of "the spirit of ecstasy, who has selected road travel as her supreme delight......she is expressing her keen enjoyment, with her arms outstretched and her sight fixed upon the distance." Because of this, the statue was also nicknamed "Nelly in her Nighty". Until 1914 the statuettes were silver-plated but currently they are made from stainless steel, but can be ordered in sterling silver and 24-carat gold. To better protect this hood ornament from theft, Rolls Royce has made it retractable on most of its newer vehicles, such as the 2007 Rolls-Royce Phantom. Within the vehicle, t is a button which can immediately retract/extend the hood ornament when pressed. 
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