From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
The use and popularity of radiator mascots in the Bombay market.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 76\2\ scan0190 | |
| Date | 2nd September 1912 | |
| X3790 Accessories. (Re Rolls-Royce Mascots) TBB5/L2912. Mr Royce 2.9.12. Mr Wormald has asked me to send you the following report from Mr Kirby, written from the Bombay Depot, concerning the use of R.R. Mascots:- "The Rolls-Royce mascots fitted on the radiator caps attract a good deal of attention. The natives out here like anything out of the common and the more showy the car is the better they like it." | ||