MASCOTTE AUTOMOBILE "LUCIFER GOLFING SOCIETY", GRANDE-BRETAGNE, 1921,

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MASCOTTE AUTOMOBILE "LUCIFER GOLFING SOCIETY", GRANDE-BRETAGNE, 1921,

non signée, bronze nickelé, représentant un diable en pantalons de golf, fumant la pipe avec un club de golf sur l'épaule et un sac de clubs à ses pieds, gravure 'Lucifer Golfing Society' tout autour de son embase, hauteur 11 cm, montée sur un bouchon de radiateur posé sur un support d'exposition en bois tourné.

A 'LUCIFER GOLFING SOCIETY' CAR MASCOT, BRITISH, 1921,
unsigned, nickelled bronze, depicting a pipe-smoking devil in plus-fours with golf club over his shoulder and bag of clubs at his feet, engraved 'Lucifer Golfing Society' around the base, 11cm high, mounted on a radiator cap above a turned wooden display base.

Footnotes

C'est en 1921 que Sir Hedley le Bas fonda avec des amis cette Société, un club privé très fermé de Londres pour gentlemen, limité à 60 membres, chiffre qui sera porté en 1925 à 100. On trouvait parmi ses membres Charles Sykes, George V, Edward VIII et le Duc d'Edimbourg. En 1936, Charles Sykes en devint le président.

In 1921 Sir Hedley le Bas and friends founded the Society, an exclusive private gentleman's club in London, limited to only 60 members rising to a limit of 100 in 1925. Members included Charles Sykes, George V, Edward VIII and the Duke of Edinburgh. In 1936 Charles Sykes became the Society's Captain.

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