Badge - Automascotte - La Plongeuse - Eugène Fady - France - 20th - early (WW I)





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Brand H. Briand Éditeur Paris; Type automascotte radiator cap ornament; Model La Plongeuse by Eugène Fady; Origin France; Material bronze; Period early 20th century (World War I).
Description from the seller
French automobile mascot (radiator cap ornament) La Plongeuse (The Diver) designed by Eugène Fady in the 1920s. The design by Fady is exclusively cast and issued by the prestigious Paris foundry H. Briand Éditeur Paris (marked under the feet). Together with a vintage winged radiator cap with an Egyptian Revival motif (a pharaoh- or Sphinx-relief in the center) and a Citroën radiator cap. It can be used as a complete mounted unit or separately; see the examples in the photos. Dimensions (as a fully assembled unit): 225 mm high, 170 mm wide, 110 mm deep and 1,150 g heavy excluding packaging.
Seller's Story
French automobile mascot (radiator cap ornament) La Plongeuse (The Diver) designed by Eugène Fady in the 1920s. The design by Fady is exclusively cast and issued by the prestigious Paris foundry H. Briand Éditeur Paris (marked under the feet). Together with a vintage winged radiator cap with an Egyptian Revival motif (a pharaoh- or Sphinx-relief in the center) and a Citroën radiator cap. It can be used as a complete mounted unit or separately; see the examples in the photos. Dimensions (as a fully assembled unit): 225 mm high, 170 mm wide, 110 mm deep and 1,150 g heavy excluding packaging.

