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Eleanor Velasco Thornton posing next to Montagu's Silver Ghost, circa 1911. On the bonnet is seen the Spirit of Ecstasy.. 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 ...
There is a collector's market for hood ornaments and car mascots. [49] [50] [51] [self-published source] One of the most sought-after is the Nash Petty Hood Ornament, with one of the most largest followers of all hood ornament collectors. [52] To satisfy collectors, reproduction castings of the "Flying Lady" are being made from the original ...
The Spirt of Ecstasy also called Emilie Sculptured by Charles Robinson Sykes. The Spirit of Ecstasy, also called "Emily", "Silver Lady" or "Flying Lady", carries with it a story about a secret passion between John Walter Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu (second Lord Montagu of Beaulieu after 1905, a pioneer of the automobile movement, and editor of ''The Car'' magazine from 1902) and his secret ...
She became his mistress and they had an illegitimate daughter, Joan Eleanor Thornton, whom she gave up for adoption. Thornton posed for sculptor Charles Sykes and may [1] have been the model for his Spirit of Ecstasy, [2] which is used as the bonnet/hood ornament on cars manufactured by Rolls-Royce, as well as a precursor sculpture, The Whisperer.
The new logo of the Hagerstown Flying Boxcars was meant to pay homage to the C-119 that was built in Washington County, as well as the community.
Flying Lady may be: Flying Lady (TV series), a British 1987–1989 TV series; Spirit of Ecstasy, the hood ornament on Rolls-Royce cars;
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Louis Lejeune Ltd. is a small bronze foundry in England, producing mainly car mascots (hood ornaments).It is the only surviving maker of custom car mascots from the art deco era of the 1920s and 1930s when many new cars were fitted with a mascot.