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Sewer-Pipe Vase with Applied Decoration
From the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Early-twentieth-century factory workers often created whimsical objects as a diversion from the monotony of their jobs. They used any materials that were available and often gave them away as gifts. In these pieces, the artists covered old sections of sewer pipes with clay, then decorated the surface. The molded handles suggest that the pots were intended to be used.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineSewer-Pipe Vase with Applied Decoration. 20th century. Unidentified. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson. CC0.
