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.
