1936 Rolls Royce Ashtray

[El Presidente]

 

 

Est: £5,000 GBP - £8,000 GBP

 

The Spirit of Ecstasy mascot has now adorned Rolls-Royce automobiles for over 110 years and is one of the world's most readily identified images. In 1926, following the successful introduction of their New Phantom model (later known as the Phantom I), the Directors of Rolls-Royce Motors decided to commission a Christmas gift, to be produced in a small quantity. The piece in question was a cigar ashtray of conventional circular form, surmounted by a reduced size Spirit of Ecstasy, the whole in Sterling silver. A small number of these ashtrays were presented by Rolls-Royce as Christmas gifts that year.