Mascot #1 Lejeune Speed Nymph

Factory mascot manufactured by A. E. Lejeune for 1919 Albert automobiles.

Standing on a plinth, mounted on a radiator cap. Marked: "Dse - A E L". (Augustine & Emile Lejeune). Also called "La Plongeuse" (the lady diver).

Featured in "Motoring Mascots of the World" W. C. Williams’s book pg. 81 #292.

Mounted on radiator cap, made of brass, silver plated, size: 6.75" tall (17 cm.).

aging wear, some scratches, some silver plating missing.

Part of a collection of 25 automobile mascots (in French "mascotte" or "bouchon de radiateur") from the 1910's to the 1930's.