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."
