Manhole Cover Cork Trivet-Göteborg/Gothenburg
Manhole Cover Cork Trivet-Göteborg/Gothenburg
Sweden’s second city, Göteborg is home to over 600,000 Swedes. Founded in 1621, this western port city was like Bremerhaven, Germany, the main exodus point for emigration. Industrialization stemmed that flow and the city have many harbor-related jobs as well as home to Volvo and Ericsson. Football, or soccer depending on where you live, is king in Gothenburg. The World Cup was hosted there in 1958 and IFK Göteborg is the most popular team in Sweden. The coat of arms found on this cover is also found on the aforementioned team’s crest. The manhole cover or brunnslock is from Furnes and features arrowheads laid out in an arcing pattern and raining down toward the pickpoint.
The perfect gift for housewarmings, and anniversaries 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.
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.
“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