Metal Sculpture

That's in the original pictures. Looks like it was scratched in as a number for a sale or something? He said in the past it was a prototype for a hood ornament I believe he said for Lincoln? I don't really remember. But maybe it is a number for that?

 

Bravo Jivvy! Certainly the same MARTEL (S!).
I think NCGregory's was originally a car mascot too!
Here it is again for comparison with the two above:

 

More pics and history of the MARTEL brothers here (in French...):
http://freresmartel.blogspot.com/p/bouchons-de-radiateur.html

 

More pics and history of the MARTEL brothers here (in French...):
http://freresmartel.blogspot.com/p/bouchons-de-radiateur.html

 

And this page gives a variety of sigs that include just MARTEL (no initials).
http://freresmartel.blogspot.com/2015/03/les-marques.html

The earlier bonham link states: Jan and Joel Martel produced a series of such mascots for Robert Mallet Stevens, Voisin and Sizaire cars in the 1920's as special commissions.

 

Wow, you guys are awesome!
That is a pretty cool piece then I suppose. What the heck, I guess with it being a hood ornament I could put it on the front of my truck?

 

One last bit (since I was already working it, lol)

 

I found the sig page on that site, but not this page! (because of, you know, all the French )

 

That is a pretty close match right there! @Jivvy you did some awesome research there! Really really cool!

 

Haha! I read once that ornaments/mascots pointy like this one were forbidden to install later (can't find the date now...)
They were deadly if you happened to hit a pedestrian!

 

Darn it! Then I have a hood ornament I can't even put on my truck???

 

well, not if you like hitting pedestrians....

 

Any recommendations on what anyone would do with something like this?

 

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/08/hood-ornament-identifiaction-guide.html

 

This one was a car mascot - a model they reproduced for sale? Kind of their thing.

 

I missed the whole second page!

Very cool sculpture!

Replate (or not) and enjoy it!

Welcome, @NCGregory

 

So basically, someone would put it out as a trinket? Oh well, guess back in a box. At least I can write the artist name down on a paper with it. Not much at leaving stuff like this out for display, we have more the farm antiques.

 

Sell it! Sure it will do very well

 

I guess someone would probably enjoy it. Wouldn't even know where to start. I don't even know what to sell it for or what it's worth.