Rover Sports Register Forum

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

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.

Thanks lakesrally

Nothing like talking to an expert!

The owner of that website is living about 10 Km's from me. I can ask him where he got that pic from.