Manhole Cover Cork Trivet-Buenos Aires ENTel
Manhole Cover Cork Trivet-Buenos Aires ENTel
Juan Domingo Perón started the National Telecommunications Company in 1948. Two years later the name was changed to Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones whose logo is depicted in the center of this mesmerizing concentrically ringed tapa de registro. Interestingly, public pay phones used ENTel tokens to avoid currency theft. Like the gas companies, ENTel was privatized in 1990 as it was a bloated bureaucracy that could not meet its demand. However, with the advent of cellular phones, this was a good thing. These covers are still extant and cover underground wires. Two pickpoints are at the north and south quadrants. One appears in a familiar shape.
The Under Cover series 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. The trivets are .375" thick and 7.25" in diameter with rounded edges. The engraving method has incredible detail and tactility. Fabricated from sustainable Portuguese cork. Designed and packaged in Philadelphia, PA USA.
Free domestic shipping. See the International Shipping Options.
Cork is a natural material, thus rare aberrations within the etching can occur.
As each one is made to order please allow three business days for delivery.
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