Sitting
on top of the chrome plated grille, the Spirit of Ecstasy is an iconic mascot
recognised the world over. Claude Johnson originally commissioned the sculptor
C. Sykes to produce a mascot worthy of his cars in 1911. Sykes
is claimed to have used a Lady by the name of
Eleanor Velasco Thornton as his model, and the resulting sculpture has
graced
Rolls-Royce motor cars ever since.
