Sewer Tile Folk Art Pottery "Grandpa Page at Kiln" Real Photo Postcard 1916 Ohio

Sewer Tile Folk Art Pottery "Grandpa Page at Kiln" Real Photo Postcard 1916 Ohio collection Jim Linderman

Matching Pair of Sewer Tile Folk Art Pottery Planters

Matching Pair of Sewer Tile Folk Art Pottery Planters, Ullrichsville, OH early 20th Century.  Each 10 inches long. Collection Jim Linderman

Large Sewer Tile Folk Art Pottery Piggy Bank

Eight pound piggy bank piece.  Ten inches long with coin slot.  Figural sewer tile folk art of this size is unusual...at least for pigs.  Circa 1900 - 1930 Collection Jim Linderman

Antique Sewer Tile Pottery Male Head Folk Art "End of the Day" Pottery.

Antique Sewer Tile Pottery Male Head.  6" H   Circa 1900 - 1950.  Collection Jim Linderman

Antique Sewer Pipe / Sewer Tile Pottery Folk Art Frog

Large sewer tile pottery frog, ex Peter Brams, Justin Enger collection.  C. 1900.  Collection Jim Linderman

Sewer Pipe Face Folk Art Pottery Sculpture 19th Century

Sewer pipe pottery face 19th Century.  Note detail around eyes. Formed by hand.  
Collection Jim Linderman

Sewer Tile Folk Art Pottery Paperweight / Match Holder

Sewer tile folk art pottery Paperweight / Match Holder.  Early 20th Century.  Collection Jim Linderman

Sewer Pipe Pottery Cat

Sewer Pipe Pottery Cat Bookend (one of a pair) dated 1932.  Formed in a mold with paws incised by hand.  Collection Jim Linderman

Folk Art Bank Sewer Pipe Sewer Tile "End of the Day" sculpture pottery

A small handmade bank of sewer tile.  Rough, etched "bark" and applied clay grape clusters.  Slot for coins, but no way to remove them.  Circa 1930.  Collection Jim Linderman

Sewer Tile End of Day Pottery Squirrel incised by hand Folk Art

Sewer Tile End of Day Pottery Squirrel incised by hand Folk Art.  Generally, squirrels are not often seen in folk art works.  They were pests and ate grain!  Still, as this was likely made for a child, it is cute!   Signed on base "JM" likely mid-20th Century. Collection Jim Linderman Dull Tool Dim Bulb

Sewer Pipe Sewer Tile Folk Art Monkey with Original Paint and Stamped Superior Clay Ullrichsville Ohio

There were apparently several dozen Sewer Pipe factories in the area around Ullrichsville Ohio.  J.W. Moore comes to mind.  This piece is incised with the company stamp "Superior Clay Corp. from Ullrichsville.  Interestingly, the company stamp often indicated the maker! This piece appears to have been "Handcrafted by Phillip (Patterson)?.

PAINTED Sewer Pipe Pottery is uncommon, but this piece looks to have been, if you will, an "inventory" item, so there may be more with paint. The paint isn't just "slopped" on, it's well done. The date is unknown but is old.  Mid to early 20th Century.

Sewer Tile Monkey painted by hand.  Collection Jim Linderman

Sewer Pipe Clay Devil with Horns

Sewer Pipe Clay Devil with Horns.  Light color, Fine Clay.  Collection Jim Linderman

Sewer Pipe Folk Art Pottery Plaque of a Woman

Sewer Pipe Folk Art Pottery Plaque of a Woman.  Red clay, salt glazed and embellished by hand.  The border was formed by pressing a thumb into the clay. all the way around.  This piece was made "commercially" in that a mold was used, but there is no way to determine how many were made.  This piece was enhanced by the application of a pebble on the neck to represent necklace bauble.  A similar example, sans pebble, is illustrated in Sewer Pipe Folk Art by Jack Adamson.  There is a small, impressed logo of a seated potter under the woman's chin, but it is very hard to see. 9" x 13" 

Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb

Antique Folk Art Sewer Tile Pottery Head of a Man

Antique Folk Art Sewer Tile Pottery Head.  Found in Michigan, likely Ohio origin.  
Collection Jim Linderman

Sewer Tile Sewer Pipe Pottery Folk Art Antique Match Holder with Incised Striker

Sewer Pipe Pottery Folk Art Antique Match Holder with Incised by hand striker.  Stamped of Impressed "MATCHES" on front.  Collection Jim Linderman Dull Tool Dim Bulb

Sewer Tile Pottery End of the Day Match Holder Tree Stump Ohio Antique

A rudimentary handmade sewer tile match holder.  Primitive.  It is surprising to see the company stamp "Armstrong Sewer Pipe Cincinnati" on the base.  Normally, identified pieces have a bit more style.  Unusual amateur adaption of a common sewer tile motif.

Collection Jim Linderman

DEVIL Sewer Pipe Sewer Tile End of the Day Folk Art Devil 19th Century Antique

A very old folk art devil missing his horns.  This piece has rolled around and been kicked for a century!  Not only are the horns broken off, but every "high point" has been worn off and the glaze missing.  The author knows of no more than four examples of sewer tile pottery of the devil and all have lost their horns.  It is interesting to consider the devil is a common motif of face jug makers past and present...but few sewer tile pieces exist.  

19th Century Folk Art Sewer Tile Devil c. 1890 - 1920.  Collection Jim Linderman

Sewer Tile Primitive Match Safe End of the Day Folk Art Pottery

Massive Sewer Tile (actually BUILT on sewer tile) match safe.  Considerable age, with some embedded pebbles.  Used.  Unsigned, said to be from Pennsylvania.  Nearly 7 inches long and heavy.  A most primitive, fashioned by hand sculpture.
COLLECTION JIM LINDERMAN

Pottery Folk Art Salesman Sample Presentation Piece Eagle National Sewer Pipe Company of Barberton, Ohio 1895

Salesman Sample Presentation Piece Eagle National Sewer Pipe Company of Barberton, Ohio.

The town of Barberton Ohio was founded by O. C. Barber, the man who owned  the Diamond Match company.  The town was created in 1891.  The National Sewer Pipe Company was founded in 1888.  Fifteen years later, the National Sewer Pipe company was up and running in the town with 325 employees.  Woked by, yes, immigants.

Barberton is shown here around the same time.  It doesn't look like a happening place, but it was.  Numerous chemical and clay operations were soon booming and the town attracted loads of hard-working folks from Europe to do the work.

The remarkable salesman sample (or more likely, a presentation piece?) can be dated circa 1895, as an advertisement they ran that year show the eagle on sewer pipe was a logo as well as a physical object.  I do not know how many of these pieces were produced, but certainly few exist today.  There is a nub on the left which would indicate the eagle's wings on both sides reached to the pipe.  Note minute detail on the claws.

At the same time, they won an award showing the strength of their product and indication pipes went to Michigan.  The ad also suggests writing for a paperweight.  This piece seems a bit more substantial than a paperweight, but quite possible.

N. S. P. also produced small sewer tile toothpick holders. Hand signed piece also seen  include a miniature ladies shoe whimsy. 

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Sewer Tile Dice Die Folk Art Pottery Sculpture

1 1/2" square sewer tile die...or part of dice!  Well made piece of both utilitarian and decorative end of the day pottery.

Collection Jim Linderman