Automobile Mascots in the Nethercutt Collection

Photo Essay by John Hazeltine, January, 2022

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(above: Rolls-Royce "Spirit of Ecstacy" hood ornaments. Photo by John Hazeltine, 2022, courtesy of the Nethercutt Collection. Rolls-Royce Motorcars has as its distinctive hood ornament the Spirit of Ecstasy, by sculptor Charles Robinson Sykes.)

(above: Lalique mascots. Photo by John Hazeltine, 2022, courtesy of the Nethercutt Collection)

(above: 1934 Packard 1108 Twelve Convertible Phaeton. Photo by John Hazeltine, 2022, courtesy of the Nethercutt Collection. Wikimedia Commons says "The cormorant hood ornament was introduced as a senior or deluxe hood ornament in the early 1930. It was in use until 1957, at last in highly stylized form.")

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For packard label say: Wikimedia Commons says

https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Packard_hood_ornaments_(Cormorant)

"jThe cormorant hood ornament was introduced as a senior or deluxe hood ornament in the early 1930. It was in use until 1957, at last in highly stylized form."

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