Hi all.
I have a 6" tall bronze statue of the Rover Viking, winged helmet and hunting horn at belt, cast in one piece and standing on a bronze plinth. It came originally from the small foundry in B'mham which produced cast items for Rover. What was it for? When was it made? Did it belong to a specific model, or is it a desk ornament? or is the statue something which never went into mass production?
Any experts help me?
Thanks
Jan
Bronze statuette of Rover viking
Re: Bronze statuette of Rover viking
The small statuette was an accessory available in the 1920s, a number of cars from this period have one. One web site with info on Rover badges etc (though not all are shown) is http://www.rover-v8.nl/dutchroverarchives/index.html" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank select Miscellaneous and the then select Rover Logo. A picture of one of the little statues is shown there, photo number 3.
Re: Bronze statuette of Rover viking
Thanks lakesrally
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Re: Bronze statuette of Rover viking
The owner of that website is living about 10 Km's from me. I can ask him where he got that pic from.
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'73 P5B Saloon
'96 220 Coupe
'97 820Si
'96 Triumph Herald 12/50
'96 Triumph TR6
Due to recent cutbacks the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off !!