Flint Automobile Emblem, circa 1920

Summary

This Flint emblem combines the angular lettering of the company's name with two stylized arrowheads. Flint Motors was a division of Durant Motors Incorporated. Assembly began in 1923 and continued until 1927.

This Flint emblem combines the angular lettering of the company's name with two stylized arrowheads. Flint Motors was a division of Durant Motors Incorporated. Assembly began in 1923 and continued until 1927.

Artifact

Radiator emblem

Date Made

circa 1920

Creators

Durant Motors, Inc. 

Fox Company 

Place of Creation

United States, Ohio, Cincinnati 

Creator Notes

Made by the Fox Company in Cincinnati, Ohio for the Flint Motor Company Division of Durant Motors in Flint, Michigan.

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

86.129.136

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Metal
Enamel (Fused coating)

Technique

Cloisonne

Color

Blue
White (Color)
Bronze (Color)

Dimensions

width: 3 inches

length: 1.25 inches

Inscriptions

On front: FLINT Verso: THE GUSTAVE FOX COMPANY / OHIO

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