Manhole Cover Cork Trivet-NAGOYA, JAPAN
Manhole Cover Cork Trivet-NAGOYA, JAPAN
Japan’s third city of 2.3 million people came to be in 1610 when Tokugawa Ieyasu moved the capital of Owari prefecture to a more geographically protected area bound by mountains whose runoff feeds abundant agricultural lands. Those lands are now home to a sprawling metropolis and in the remaining creeks-water striders reside. This cover features the happiest water strider (Himeamenbo) in the world whose hydrophobic hairs create ripples on the water from which they float. Oddly, the city name is depicted in English , and the city emblem marks 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
