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As we've shown you in our gallery of favorite cars from this weekend, automobile design is all in the details. The salacious curves, the brilliant chrome trim, and the intricate lines in the grille are all working together to portray one single statement. One of the final pieces, but certainly no less important, to that vehicle package is the hood ornament. These days, Mercedes-Benz and Rolls-Royce are the most well-known and pronounced cars with distinguished ornaments, however, in the early parts of the 20th century, auto makers thought of this piece as another work of art. Starting with the wild Native American-riding-snail piece on a 1911 Fiat you see above, these are the 25 Most Beautiful Hood Ornaments we saw at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.
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1932 Stutz DV-32 LeBaron Sedan
1952 Sterling Gladwin Maverick Sportster
1948 Lloyd Templeton Mercury Saturn "Bob Hope" Roadster
1923 Duesenberg Roadster A-773
1947 Delahaye 135 MS Langenthal Coupé
1930 Bentley Speed Six J.J. Mulliner Saloon
1935 Duesenberg J Gurney Nutting Speedster
1925 Hispano-Suiza H6B Kellner Cabriolet
1938 Packard 1608 Twelve Derham Convertible Victoria
1912 American Underslung Scout 22 Roadster
1952 Bentley Mark VI Pinin Farina Coupé
1930 Hispano-Suiza H6C Kellner Transformable
1929 Bianchi S8 Graber Cabriolet
1925 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A S Corsica Boattail Speedster
1932 Packard 903 DeLuxe Eight Sport Phaeton
1938 Steyr 220 Gläser Roadster
1927 Hudson Biddle & Smart Roadster
1929 duPont Model G Merrimac Speedster
1937 Cord 812 SC Convertible Phaeton Sedan
1929 Graham-Paige Model 837 LeBaron Sport Phaeton
1934 Packard 1107 Twelve Coupe Roadster
1931 Chrysler CG Imperial LeBaron Roadster
1930 Cadillac 452 Fleetwood Roadster
1932 Lincoln KB Dietrich Coupe
1934 Packard 1104 Super Eight Phaeton
