Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

S/O

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

1

Ou

S/O

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

Metal

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

S/O

Largeur

4,5 cm

Hauteur

8,0 cm

Épaisseur

S/O

Poids

S/O

Diamètre

S/O

Volume

S/O

Lexique

Groupe

Transports terrestres motorisés

Catégorie

Pièces d'automobile

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

PEERLESS MOTOR

Pays

United States of America

État/province

Ohio

Ville

Cleveland

Contexte

Pays

Inconnu

État/province

Inconnu

Période

Inconnu

Canada

Hub caps are collectors' items

Fonction

Cover put on automobile wheels to enhance its aesthetic appearance or aerodynamism and to protect the wheel bolts from mud and dust.

Technique

Peerless Motor Car Company was established in 1889 in Cleveland, Ohio as the Peerless Wringer and Manufacturing Company. The company originally produced washing machine wringers and in the late 1890s began to produce bicycles. In 1901, the company began to manufacture automobiles and parts and gained a reputation for its luxury automobiles. In 1903, the company was renamed Peerless Motor Car Company. The company did not survive the Great Depression and closed its doors in 1931 (VanTassel and Grabowski, "Peerless Motor Car Co."). Originally, hub caps date back to the horse-drawn era and afterwards to the first automobiles when wheels were made of wooden spokes connected to the center hub. The hub contained the wheel bearing, which was packed with grease. The hub cap was a small device used to cover the center hub to keep the dust out and the grease in. Eventually, car manufacturers replaced the wooden spokes with steel wire spokes in the 1920's and 1930's. As a result the hub cap evolved into a wheel cover, which is a large disc that covers most of the wheel. Wheel covers continue to serve a functional purpose but they have also become a decorative design feature of the wheel (KE – notes: 1979.0594.001).

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

'PEERLESS' (IN BLACK) in depressed letters, stamped into center with two bars stamped into center, one above, one below

Manque

S/O

Fini

Polished metal surface, black paint used in decorative details/ condition: hubcap shows signs of wear from wrench, black paint worn from most of decorative details.

Décoration

3 Depressed rings stamped in vertical edge of hub cap (possibly black)/ center of hub cap surrounded by stamped ring (possibly black)