Featured SPIRIT OF ECSTACY - SORT OF!!!!

So, Firstly I did not want to crash @wildrose's post on her great angel! But it was true what I said about Mom and her Rolls' and what she had made....sort of....I hadn't looked at it in so long I nearly forgot.....and gave it a quick polish before posting!!! I have never TOTALLY understood her meaning, but I do know she read her bible every day and had her favorite verses and poems, so with the key, it's a little puzzle. Don't think the key is gold, but it's heavy. The casting is 7-1/8" to the top and the 'spirit' is 6-1/2" to top of her wings. Key is just about 2" and is like 2 dolphins with open mouths on a ball. Some one of these days I HAVE to have a glass of wine out of it!!!!! Have had it tucked away for 15 years now!! Here 'tis!! Oh, she had her favorite verse inscribed on the bottom.......and I JUST figured out those letters.....it's the man who made it....or his son!!!

 

Now THAT'S a hood ornament !!!! whoa !!

I'll drink to that !

 

nice key too..... but i don't see the connection..

 

Love the chalice. Is the key a barrel key, the hollow kind that slips over a post in the lock? Looks more like a paperweight than a working key. And they are dolphins.

 

Gives new meaning to 'Spirit of Ecstasy'.

 

Beautiful, Aqui!

 

THAT'S my puzzle!!!! Not sure I do either Komo!! Unless it had something to do with "the key to her heart".....but I just dunno......

 

Not a barrel key, Bronwen, just pure SOLID....knowing Mom, it COULD be gold, but I don't know.....she left so many questions for us......and now it's just me.......ah well.....onward and upward!!

 

AND Thank You ALL.....this is one of my FAVORITE 'things'!!!!

 

The questions merely add to the beauty and mystery. What a beautiful chalice!!

 

Your mom had some wonderful items, Aqui.

 

Lovely.

 

Glad you got to share it with us!

 

Thank you all so much!!! And I loved sharing it, once I remembered having it again!!! Even with not quite figuring out her little puzzle!!