Rolls-Royce mascot, "The Spirit of ecstasy"
View of Rolls-Royce radiator mascot, known as "The Spirit of ecstasy," sculpted by Charles Sykes in 1910. Printed on front: "The Rolls-Royce mascot, generally known as the 'Flying lady," was created in 1910 by a famous sculptor of the time, Charles Sykes. Its real name, 'The Spirit of ecstasy," was chosen after the sculptor had ridden in a Silver Ghost. Today the mascot is a piece of precision engineering cast by the 'lost wax' process, a manufacturing technique going back to Babylonian days which is used when intricate detail is required." Typed on back: "The Rolls-Royce mascot, generally known as the "Flying Lady", was created in 1910 by a famous sculptor of the time, Charles Sykes. Its real name, 'The Spirit of ecstasy', was chosen after the sculptor had ridden in a Silver Ghost. Today the mascot is a piece of precision engineering cast by the 'lost wax' process, a manufacturing technique going back to Babylonian days which is used when intricate detail is required."
- Resource ID:
- na020135
- Subject:
- Rolls-Royce automobile
- Automobiles--Radiator ornaments
- Sykes, Charles R., 1875-1950
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- unknown
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 10 x 8 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Location:
- Rolls-Royce (mascot)
- Negative Number:
- 15093 F-2
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.