Sewer Tile Folk Art Skeleton Key Mid 20th c. collection Jim Linderman

An unsual form, a sewer tile skeleton key. Adamson's book illustrates a similar piece stamped "Uhrichsville, Ohio" but this piece is unidentified. Appears to have been made in the same mold and is an idential size. 8 1/4" long. Sewer Tile Skeleton Key mid 20th century collection Jim Linderman

Antique Sewer Pipe Paperweight Classical Head of a Woman c. 1910

Antique Sewer Pipe Paperweight Head of a Woman c. 1910. This is one of three examples I have found in the literature. A piece in Adamson's Illustrated Handbook of Ohio Sewer Pipe Folk Art shows the same form which is stamped "Nelsonville Sewer Pipe Company" but this piece is unsigned. Another is decribed as a Salesman Sample. Red Clay Salt Glazed. "Classical" Head of a woman sewer tile paperweight c. 1910 Collection Jim Linderman

Sewer Tile Pottery Turtle Folk Art

Turtles are not often seen made of sewer tile, but Michigan sculptor Roy Poole was known to have made a few. Sewer Tile Turtle, Early 20th century. Collection Jim Linderman. SEE AVAILABLE FOLK ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS BY JIM LINDERMAN ON BLURB.COM

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

Sewer Tile Antique American Folk Art Owl

Sewer Tile Folk Art Owl standing 6 inches tall.  Signed on base "W G A" indistinct block letters.  See also books by the Jim Linderman HERE

Sewer Pipe Clay Pottery "Woman in Thought" signed, dated 1958

Sewer Pipe Clay Pottery Woman in Thought signed, dated 1958.  R. J.?  A. J.? 

Sewer Tile Pottery Paperweight with Native American

Sewer Tile Pottery Paperweight with Native American.  2" thick, likely Ohio origin  
Collection Jim Linderman

Sewer Pipe Sewer Tile Dog Dish Signed and Dated Folk Art Pottery

A large water dish of sewer tile clay for a dog.  Signed "HFD 1943" and weighing several pounds.  Unusual bold date indicates the practice of making individual objects at the end of the day extended well into the 20th Century.
Collection Jim Linderman 

Sewer Pipe Clay End of Day Ohio Grotesque Man with One Tooth Early 20th Century Folk Art Pottery Sculpture

Sewer Pipe Clay End of Day Ohio Grotesque Man with One Tooth Late 19th / Early 20th Century Folk Art Pottery Sculpture Glazed.  Likely co-worker?  Collection Jim Linderman

Sewer Tile Folk Art Pottery Bank based on King Kong (inscribed MARGIE) Mid-20th Century End of Day

14 inches tall.  Massive sewer tile pottery bank with incisions done by hand.  Inscribed "MARGIE" who would likely be the maker's daughter?  Mid-20th Century 
Collection Jim Linderman