Lot 807: Sold for £130 hammer

Estimate £150-£200

An early 20th Century patinated bronze car mascot of Old Bill, the World War One Tommy, cast with poised helmet, bold moustache and knotted scarf to neck, pedestal socle, his helmet signed in the maquette, Copyright T.Rd.669204, c. 1930, design based on the work of Captain Charles Bruce Bairnsfather (1887-1959), height 12cm. This example was used as the original pattern for the manufacture of these mascots by Robert Dudley Best.

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