Small Sewer Tile Shoe with Daily and Button Pattern Folk Art Pottery

Miniature shoe of sewer pipe clay with a daisy and button pattern. Probably produced around 1930 if not earlier. This one is signed R U….. on the base, but kiln flaws have obliterated the last name. Only five inches long and too shallow to be a vase. It even has tiny holes for laces. Decorative. Small shoe sewer pipe pottery c. 1930 collection Jim Linderman.

Sewer Time Pipe Clay Factory Pittsburg Kansas c. 1914 Original Postcard collection Jim Linderman

The Sewer Pipe and Conduit Plant in Pittsburg Kansas c. 1914 A striking vintage postcard. Original Postcard collection Jim Linderman

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