Manhole Cover Cork Trivet-Hong Kong/香港
Manhole Cover Cork Trivet-Hong Kong/香港
The financial powerhouse of China, Hong Kong was on a 99-year lease to the United Kingdom until 1997. This was after the UK enhanced the Opium trade in the mid-1800s to level the economic playing field and was able to subdue the Qing military, twice. It’s hard out there for a colonizer. This cover is a physical vestige of that era as it was fabricated by Dudley & Dowell LTD based in Cradley Heath, outside of Birmingham, England. The foundry merged with Glynwed in 1967, making this cover quite old.
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
