The High Priestess by Lalique
If you had an expensive car in the 30s, and wanted to also flaunt your good taste, you might approach France's premier glass sculptor Lalique, and choose a mascot for your radiator that emphasizes both your wealth and taste. If you also wanted to take it to the next level, you would have it wired so that you can light it internally, at night. Most place Chrysis, the high priest of Hera's Temple in Argos, Greese, as the most striking of Laliques creations.
Though you can still purchase some of his 30s designs today, to purchase a genuine mascot with provenance from a....oh....Hispano Suiza limo, it would cost you what you paid for your last car.
Chrysis was one of the last of the high priestess' from the Temple of Hera, the Sister and Wife of Zeus (no cracks now) and the Mother of the Gods of Mt. Olympus. Argos was in the Peloponnese peninsula not too far from Sparta. Further backstory would fill the library....but it is wonderfully interesting. This is a variation on an image I posted several years ago.
Double click on the image to enlarge for details.
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The High Priestess by Lalique
If you had an expensive car in the 30s, and wanted to also flaunt your good taste, you might approach France's premier glass sculptor Lalique, and choose a mascot for your radiator that emphasizes both your wealth and taste. If you also wanted to take it to the next level, you would have it wired so that you can light it internally, at night. Most place Chrysis, the high priest of Hera's Temple in Argos, Greese, as the most striking of Laliques creations.
Though you can still purchase some of his 30s designs today, to purchase a genuine mascot with provenance from a....oh....Hispano Suiza limo, it would cost you what you paid for your last car.
Chrysis was one of the last of the high priestess' from the Temple of Hera, the Sister and Wife of Zeus (no cracks now) and the Mother of the Gods of Mt. Olympus. Argos was in the Peloponnese peninsula not too far from Sparta. Further backstory would fill the library....but it is wonderfully interesting. This is a variation on an image I posted several years ago.
Double click on the image to enlarge for details.
AS ALWAYS....COMMENTS & INVITATIONS with AWARD BANNERS will be respectfully DELETED!