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The first Rolls-Royce motorcars did not feature radiator mascots; they simply carried the Rolls-Royce emblem. When John, 2nd Baron Montagu commissioned his friend, sculptor Charles Robinson Sykes, who worked in London under the nobleman's patronage, to sculpt a personal mascot for the bonnet of his 1909 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost, Sykes chose Eleanor Velasco Thornton as his model.
Sykes produced a small statue of a young woman in fluttering robes with a forefinger to her lips. [3] It was named "The Whisper" [4] [5] and is to this day unique to the Montagu family's Rolls-Royces. The statue is displayed at the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu. Sykes was also an illustrator under the pseudonym 'Rilette'.
Spirit of Ecstasy, the bonnet mascot sculpture on Rolls-Royce cars. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited was created as a wholly owned subsidiary of BMW in 1998 after BMW licensed the rights to the Rolls-Royce brand name and logo from Rolls-Royce Holdings plc, [6] and acquired the rights to the Spirit of Ecstasy and Rolls-Royce grille shape trademarks from Volkswagen AG.
A common element on every Rolls-Royce since 1911 is the "Spirit of Ecstacy" on the hood that serves as a type of "calling card" and denotes the message of luxury. [5] During the 1920s, advertisements for Mercedes-Benz emphasized their "star" hood ornament as representing the "world-famous product of the oldest automobile works in the world" and ...
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.
Tzaims Luksus was a visionary designer in the 1960s. Then he abruptly escaped to the bohemian wilds of Bennington, Vermont, in search of true self-invention.
Name and location Photograph Date Notes Commercial Block, Rolls-Royce Main Works Site: 1907–12 The commercial block, which was remodelled in 1938, is in red brick and red terracotta, the roof is slated, the middle section is faced in Portland stone, and the front extends for 38 bays.
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