Mascots

Automobile mascots are decorative mascots that are usually placed on the engine hood and represent automobile companies. People who wanted to decorate and customize their automobiles, in addition to automobile companies, were able to create special mascots for themselves. It is assumed that the first example of this was a falcon used in the chariot of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, which is thought to bring fortune. In the recent past, The Boyce Motometer introduced the first modern examples in 1912. Mascots were widely used, particularly between the 1920s and the 1950s.

“Lalique” Mascots

Rene Lalique, a French glass artist who lived between 1860 and 1945, created these automobile mascots. These mascots made of high-quality glass can be seen in clear, misty, and sometimes painted forms. The first Lalique mascot was Cinq Chevaux (Five Horses), designed for Citroen in 1925, and used in Rene Lalique's own 1925 Citroen 5CV automobile. After 1925, Lalique designed 28 more mascots in the next 6 years. The Lalique mascots were especially popular in stylish automobiles of the time, including Bentley, Bugatti, Hispano-Suiza, Isotta-Fraschini, and Mercedes-Benz.