W. O. Bentley's personal collection of prototype castings of the post-1931 Bentley winged B mascot development process, comprising 4 mascots mounted on a later white painted wooden display, comprising left to right, Charles Sykes's prototype for the single Winged B, bronze, signed Sykes on the base, 6cm high; a bronze thinner single winged B, after the original design by Sykes, closer to the production model used on the 3½ litre car in 1933, 6.3cm high; a heavy double winged mascot, bronze, 6.8cm, left side of B drilled and a flash-chromed bronze lost-wax casting of a lighter double winged B, the very mascot accepted by the board and used in 1936, 5cm high. Fußnoten According to information supplied by the vendor this lot was formerly the property of R H Shrimpton, stalwart member of the Bentley Drivers Club and Midlands Chairman from late 1950s to early 1960s. The lot is sold with a copy of a hand-written letter, a written provenance and a typed transcript of the provenance signed by R H Shrimpton.
W. O. Bentley's personal collection of prototype castings of the post-1931 Bentley winged B mascot development process, comprising 4 mascots mounted on a later white painted wooden display, comprising left to right, Charles Sykes's prototype for the single Winged B, bronze, signed Sykes on the base, 6cm high; a bronze thinner single winged B, after the original design by Sykes, closer to the production model used on the 3½ litre car in 1933, 6.3cm high; a heavy double winged mascot, bronze, 6.8cm, left side of B drilled and a flash-chromed bronze lost-wax casting of a lighter double winged B, the very mascot accepted by the board and used in 1936, 5cm high. Fußnoten According to information supplied by the vendor this lot was formerly the property of R H Shrimpton, stalwart member of the Bentley Drivers Club and Midlands Chairman from late 1950s to early 1960s. The lot is sold with a copy of a hand-written letter, a written provenance and a typed transcript of the provenance signed by R H Shrimpton.
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