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LOT 23

A fine 'Les Danseurs Tête à tête' mascot by Ruffony, French, 1920s,

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Lot 23

A fine 'Les Danseurs Tête à tête' mascot by Ruffony, French, 1920s,

Goodwood Revival|12 September 2015, 10:30 BST|Chichester, Goodwood

A fine 'Les Danseurs Tête à tête' mascot by Ruffony, French, 1920s,

bronze, signed on the base, also stamped A N PARIS 22, traces of original nickel plate in places, 14cm high.

Footnotes

According to information supplied by the vendor, this mascot used to sit proudly on the radiator cap of his grandfather's Lanchester in the early 1940s. The car was garaged in Ebury Street in the West End of London. During the blitz, the Ebury Street area was hit by a high explosive bomb, there was considerable damage. The garage, the car and the majority of the contents of the garage were destroyed, remarkably this mascot survived.

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