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LOT 34
A FINE 'FEMME LIBELLULE' MASCOT BY V ROSSI, FRENCH, 1920S,
Sold for £1,750 inc. premium
Lot 34
A FINE 'FEMME LIBELLULE' MASCOT BY V ROSSI, FRENCH, 1920S,
The Goodwood Festival of Speed Sale Collector's Motor Cars and Automobilia|30 June 2017, 11:00 BST|Chichester, Goodwood
A FINE 'FEMME LIBELLULE' MASCOT BY V ROSSI, FRENCH, 1920S,
signed to rear of base, nickel-plate bronze mascot in the form of a draped female nude with dragonfly wings, 24cm long overall, mounted on a period radiator cap above a turned wooden display base.
Footnotes
This mascot was one of a series of 'Allegorical Art' mascots produced by Rossi in the early 1920s and retailed from 27 Rue Marois, Paris.
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