Vintage French Motoring Oil Can, OVP Oiler.

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Category

Motoring, Aviation and Transport Automobilia

Reference

29562

Vintage Motoring 'OVP' Oil Can.
An automotive brass oil can made in France. A fantastic piece of vintage motoring ephemera, the perfect gift for the motoring enthusiast. Who would have thought the mundane garage oiler of the Golden Age of automobiles would be a collector's piece. The motorist's oil can with embossed sun burst to the front with 'OVP, BTE. SGDG Paris' to the center. To the rear 'Pat. Appd. For, Made in France' with a bracket for hanging the oil can. The brass metal with a lovely patina.

The pump oil can dispenser is a great standalone piece or the start of an automobilia can collection.

"BTE. S.G.D.G." stands for "Breveté Sans Garantie Du Gouvernement" and translated means: "Patent without guarantee of the government", this is the name of a patent as it was in France until 1968.

Dimensions:

Height 17.5 cm / 7"

Width 19.5 cm / 7 ³⁄₄"

Depth 4 cm / 1 ³⁄₄"

Period

1900-1949

Year

C. 1930

Medium

Brass

Country

France