MANHOLE COVER COASTERS BERLIN
MANHOLE COVER COASTERS BERLIN
Berlin wears its history on its streets. The Berliner Wasserbetriebe cover, designed by Marcus Botsch, illustrates the history of the capital of Deutschland with seven monuments. Reading counterclockwise from the bottom: Brandenburg Gate, Fernsehturm, Reichstag, Gedächtniskirche, Olympic Stadium, Bundeskanzleramt und die Siegessäule. The icon of the city, the bear from the coat of arms stands in the center of the anniversary deckel. A manhole cover from 1910 can be found at Kiefholzstraße 252 in the Treptow neighborhood. Lastly, a cover from the sinister GDR era, replete with cigarette butts, completes the set. Learn more about Berlin manhole covers from this book-Alte Kanaldeckel in Berlin. Prost!
Make a stand by adding a display stand for an additional $4.
Tombino replicates manhole covers from around the world into functional art in the form of coasters, trivets and magnets. Each illustration is initially hand-drawn for precision and then permanently etched into cork. These make the perfect birthday or holiday gift. Each coaster is .25" thick and 4" in diameter. The engraving method has incredible detail and tactility. Fabricated from sustainable Portuguese cork. Designed and packaged in Philadelphia, PA USA.
Cork is a natural material, thus rare aberrations within the etching can occur, but at this scale good luck noticing.
As each one is made to order please allow three business days for delivery.
“We all have three cities: the one in which we grew up, the one where we live and the one in which we wished we live."-Alan Furst
A custom display rack can be ordered too. See the individual trivets and magnets as well.
