http://db.tt/Umzz6Mgl
This is a link to a pic of two of my spare hub cap centers just to provide
some additional visual reference. One is vitreous and the other I believe
is painted. Both have scripts dissimilar to the one don posted.
On Apr 27, 2012 12:24 AM, "Don Hiscock" <don.hiscock at gmail.com> wrote:
> TSF202L, built April 12, 2012, had three hubcaps with the straight
> diagonal, non-underlined emblems when I got it in 1981, and one with the
> arched, underlined Triumph script. It had been in a front end accident at
> some point, so I can't say it came with the one oddball emblem.
>
> The emblems are different in almost every respect. The land masses are
> much smaller on the straight Triumph emblems and show all of Australia and
> British Isles are shown only as a slightly bigger spot on the chrome. The
> blue of the ocean on the straight Triumph emblems is a much lighter color
> enamel, and there are nine lines of latitude and nine lines of longitude.
> The underlined, arched emblems have five lines of latitude, seven lines of
> longitude, and a outsized enameled representation of the UK.
>
> Don
>
> PS: Vitreous means glassy, from the Latin *vitrei*, for glass*.* Similar
> etymology to experiments run *in vitro*, meaning in glass vessels.
>
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 11:07 PM, Randall <TR3driver at ca.rr.com> wrote:
>
> > > I have absolutely no clue what "vitreous enamelled" is but those are
> > > Piggott's words.
> >
> > More commonly known as cloisonne (with an accent above the 'e'), I
> believe.
> > Vitreous refers to the fact it is cured by 'firing' (heating to high
> > temperature), and enamel is, of course, the pigment. A pretty effect,
> but
> > unfortunately rather fragile to be on a hub cap.
> >
> > -- Randall
> >
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