Maybelline founder Tom Lyle Williams

Showing posts with label horse head ornament. Show all posts
Showing posts with label horse head ornament. Show all posts

Maybelline Mystery Solved: Meet Epsom of Epsom Downs Racetrack

Lalique horses head

Lalique horses head

Lalique car mascot “Epsom” as a horses head.

Epsom Downs is a Grade 1 racecourse near Epsom, Surrey, England.  The course is best known for hosting The Derby Stakes which has come to be widely referred to as the Epsom Derby



 the HORSE HEAD MASCOT on Tom Lyle Williams '40 Packard, is a LALIQUE  France  or copy of. 


 Lalique was famous for their crystal Mascot
 of the 20s and 30s.
 Most known for crystal but earlier worked in bronze. These Mascots are  a hobby all its own.

TL most likely chose it from a Lalique catalog

(the Packard today, is owned by Bill Snyder.)




That '40 PACKARD has a lot of Horsepower !!!!!!!!!!!!




Great Book - Love to c it made into a Movie. Has everything for a great Movie. A GREAT GATSBY
and a little more. In Robert Redford younger days
 he would have been a perfect TL.

 B. Keating


Thank you for discovering the history of Tom Lyle Williams 1940 Packard Victoria, horse head hood ornament Mr. Keating, it has been a mystery forever. It's one more piece of the puzzle that makes up a beautiful picture of our Great uncle's passion for custom designed automobiles.

My Agent, is in negotiations with Producers for a Miniseries now. My second book is being edited. 

Sharrie Williams, author of The Maybelline Story



 http://viviennemilburn.co.uk/site/lalique-horses-head/



1940 PACKARD VICTORIA ART DECO HOOD ORNAMENT.


This gorgeous chrome Art Deco hood ornament was the piece de resistance on my great uncle Tom Lyle Williams, 1940 Packard Victoria..... symbolizing Maybelline out-powering the competition.....  Stay tuned for an article on the car written by Steve Snyder, of VAULT CARS, for the Antique Automobile Club of America .  




These Classic Roman Horses represented the power of Rome.  I was amazed to see how similar they are to Tom Lyle's hood ornament.



The power of ancient Rome was undefeated and so was Maybelline's power..... for nearly 100 years now.


The Roman Warrior on a Chariot.  Did Tom Lyle feel like this as the King of advertising during the 1940s?



The horse-head ornament on Tom Lyle's 1940 Packard.