Res Derelictae

Am I a "gleaner", recovering the harvests' fallen fruit? Or merely interested in anti-consumerist statements? Influenced by the beauty of works by Millais, Van Gogh, or Varda? Or just strangely taken by outlaw expression, guilty of idiosyncratic indulgence?

Either way, the used plumbing collection grows.



Look at this score! Driving through Koreatown, good stuff put to the curb.

A Trenton Potteries tank, gloriously thick and over-sized, with an undermount flush mechanism. Even the beefy lid was intact, dated 12 08 10! (I know what you're thinking--that it's actually a Crane. But Crane didn't acquire a controlling interest in Trenton Potteries until 1927.)





Trenton New Jersey was, incidentally, for many years the ceramics capital of the country, with some 50 studios, producing 80% of the nation's sanitary ware.



I'm having a t-shirt made, to read: I Buy Used Plumbing! Which I'll wear to swap meets and antique fairs, on house tours and long bicycle rides. It's got to be easier than heading off the scrap metal collectors, bartering for cast iron tubs, and pleading with simpleton retrofitters.

Anybody know where I can find the matching bowl?