COAL COVER COASTERS BROOKLYN
COAL COVER COASTERS BROOKLYN
If Brooklyn were a city on its own it would be the third-largest in the nation. These four coal covers hail from Brooklyn Heights which is one of the most beautiful urban neighborhoods in NYC. These anonymously designed covers were produced in the late 1800s to the early 1900s and a walk down Willow Street will reveal many of these covers. Bryan Green owned a foundry at 215 Pacific St in Cobble Hill from 1901-1927. The articulated star has been reproduced on other coal covers and has become an emblem for unrelated companies. Hugs and kisses all around for the cover with Xs and Os, replete with a cigarette butt. G.W. Stilwell used a decorative floral insert that also pops up on an Ornamental Iron Works cover. Many of these extant covers barely show the foundry name as they have been rubbed away by time. A Brooklyn lager bottle cap covers the pickpoint. Finally, Outwater & Saxton’s cover features a Girasole pattern whose center is a double entendre, in this case-a poppy seed bagel.
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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.
