DepartmentUnited States & Canada

Bottle cap standing piece

NameBottle cap standing piece

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Place madeNorth America

MediumWood, metal (tin caps, wire, nails), paint, cork

DimensionsOverall: 22 1/4 x 8 9/16 x 8 11/16 in. (56.5 x 21.8 x 22 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, gift of Eric Zafran, FA.2010.97.77

Object numberFA.2010.97.77

DescriptionStanding "pedestal" with two layer square base, central column and square top, all covered with Schlitz and Schaefer beer bottle caps. A bottle cap handle stretches diagonally across the top platform, with piles of caps in the alternate corners. The top layer of the base also has bottle cap piles in each corner. Bottle cap circlet around bottom of columnar support.