Essex Motors Hood Ornament 1930's
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During the early 1930s, Avard T. Fairbanks, Professor of Sculpture at the University of Michigan was called on by a variety of automobile manufacturers to make hood ornaments.
One of the earliest was a Griffen for the Essen Terraplane, later to become the Hudson Automobile Company. The Essex Terraplane had a powerful straight-8 engine and was noted for winning the “Pikes Peak Automobile Competition.”
Copies of these radiator ornaments cast in bronze and chrome plated are made available for purchase.
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Artwork pricing still being determined, email if interested.
Artwork Medium
- All reproduced sculptured works of Avard T. Fairbanks are postmortem.
- The mediums are Bronze, cast Stone, Marble, or Resin. Produced from the sculptor’s original model, each bronze casting is professionally produced and followed throughout the casting process by one of Avard T. Fairbanks’ original assistants (his son).
- This includes retouching the wax, chasing the bronze, and selecting the patina to ensure that each piece is of museum collectable quality.