"Prototype For The Radiator Cap Of The Cocotte Model, Mascot Of Voisin Automobiles "
Prototype for the Radiator Cap of the COCOTTE model, mascot of VOISIN automobiles in aluminum. Unique piece Height: 21 cmAvions Voisin or Voisin is a prestigious French automobile manufacturer[1], founded in 1919 by Gabriel Voisin (after his activity as an aircraft manufacturer Voisin frères from 1905, with his brother Charles Voisin). It was in activity until 1946 in France and 1958 in Spain. After having founded one of the first pioneering aeronautical industries Voisin frères, in 1906, with his brother Charles Voisin (who died in 1912 following a car accident) and having manufactured nearly 10,000 civil aircraft, then aircraft of the First World War, for the war effort of the Allies of the First World War, Gabriel Voisin reconverted at the end of the war, in 1918, in the automobile industry (inspired by aeronautics) with this prestigious brand Avions Voisin, to compete with the elite brands of the time Bugatti, Hispano-Suiza, Isotta Fraschini, Bentley, and other Rolls-Royce….