Dunlop
Dunlop Rubber Company
Category
Vehicle parts & accessories
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, metal, rubber and paint
Measurements
120 mm (Depth); 720 mm (Diameter)
Collection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 1155143
Summary
Car wheel. A car wheel with twelve wooden spokes around a wooden and metal disc, with six nuts in the centre. A Dunlop rubber tyre. There is black paint on the spokes.
Provenance
Given by Philip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973.
Marks and inscriptions
Around the sidewall of the tyre: REGD. NO 694266 30 X 3 1/2 FOR BS.RIM30 B.E MADE UNDER DRCOS PATENTS / LICENSED STRICTLY LIMITED MADE IN ENGLAND TRADE [ - ] MARK DUNLOP CORD / 66612 278029DR
Makers and roles
Dunlop Rubber Company , manufacturer