Rolls Royce "THE WHISPERER" Car Hood Ornament M-118 holding a veteran car horn

holding a veteran car horn

An original can be seen in the book "Automotive Mascots" page 145

and had been modeled on the graceful shape of Eleanor Thornton

An original of this mascot has been photographed and described in Michel Legrand book “Mascottes Passion” Plate 482

A 1930's style French Boxer Mascot/Hood Ornament

Rolls Royce "THE WHISPERER" Car Hood Ornament M-118 holding a veteran car hornRomantic fantasies and whisperings surround the history of the world's most instantly recognized motor car mascot, wistfully described by its creator, the sculptor Charles Sykes, as "A graceful little goddess, the Spirit of Ecstasy, who has selected road travel as her supreme delight and alighted on the prow of a Rolls Royce motor car to revel in the freshness of the air and the musical sound of her fluttering draperies." This piece is modeled after