Car mascots best in auto bling, but watch for fakes The auto traders werent happy. One had paid 8. 00 for his pitch, another 1,0. Thats because theyre selling old stuff, collectables and that, said the harassed organiser lady. Watch a slideshow of glass car mascotsBut a lot of their stuff is brand new, the same kind of things were selling, countered one trader as I eavesdropped on the conflict. Well yes, I know, but the new stuff isnt selling, was the organisers feeble response. Watch cartoon series list online free anywhere in the world. Best full cartoons videos streaming in fast high quality and hd Shop for the latest merch, rings more at Hot Topic. The Destination for Music Pop CultureInspired Clothes Accessories. Watch the video then talk about your favorite highlight in the comments below. Be sure to check out, like, and share the original videos via the links below. 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A number of companies produced them, including Marius Ernest Sabino and Edmund Etling in France and Warren Kessler and Red Ashay in this country. The latter company was founded by Herman George Ascher, a Czech migr who established his business in Manchester in the 1. Coming from an area then known as Bohemia, which was renowned for the production of fancy glass products, Ascher was well placed to commission and import glass mascots, which he sold at motor car exhibitions in London and Edinburgh and from his premises in Chorlton on Medlock. In all, Ascher built a range of 3. Red Ashay. However, they were the preserve of only the well heeled and the well wheeled. Watch Nintendo: Oldschool Revolution Online there. They retailed for between one to 1. Even more novel were examples fitted with cylinders of coloured glass which caused the mascot to glow in shades of white light, red, orange, blue and green. 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Changes in taste and the nationalisation of Czech glass factories after the Second World War saw the decline and eventual death of Red Ashay, the company closing in 1. Nottingham based company Crystal Art Glass continues to import and sell some of the mascots, produced by the original moulds used by the factory that made them for Herman Ascher. So, beware new examples being passed off as antique. Doyen of all glass mascot makers, however, was the master French glassmaker Ren Lalique 1. Citroen e with two dots over it car company entitled Cinq Cheveaux five horses for the 5. CV car first introduced in 1. Others include St Christopher, Archer, Coq Nain cockerel, Perche fish, Grand Libellule dragonfly Tete first e acute dAigle eagles head, Sanglier boars head, Chrysis kneeling nude, Longchamps horses head, Tete first e circumflex de Paon peacocks head and Victoire female head. They were hugely popular. The eagles head, for example, which symbolised military might, was chosen by Hitler for his commanders Mercedes Benz staff cars. Rich British motorists bought them eagerly too, through Laliques London agents, the Breves Galleries in Knightsbridge. Many were sold also as paperweights, but mascots are distinguishable by the heavy brass bases which allowed them to be mounted to car radiator or bonnet. Lalique trained as a jewellery designer and maker but went on to spread his Art Nouveau and later Art Deco interpretations across most media including perfume bottles, porcelain, chandeliers and clocks. Glass mascots also served to warn drivers of the temperature of the water in their car radiators which were often prone to boiling over. These so called moto meters or calormeters comprised an illuminated glass tube sandwiched between discs of clear glass in a metal mount attached to the radiator cap. When the temperature rose, the water level climbed inside the tube, giving the driver an ever visible indication of engine temperature, even at night. The glass and dials of these gauges were often engraved with decoration and they quickly sprouted wings and other adornment, although they were intended to be treated more seriously than the adornment of a car bonnet. As a result, they are less expensive than most others and largely immune from the fakers. Slideshow pictures show a handsome group of glass mascots sold by Warrington, Cheshire based vintage and veteran motor car auctioneers H H Sales. The most valuable proved to be a Lalique St Christopher in perfect condition, which sold for 7. An amber version of Laliques Coc Nain sold for 3. 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