Art or Handicraft?

I'm fairly sure a cast iron manhole cover is generally considered handicraft, unless it's produced by an artist who calls it art, in which case it's art!
Today we were at Manneminne, a large area with an eclectic collection of buildings and objects, put together by the Swedish artist Anders Åberg, who died a few years back.  Much of his art was carved from wood and I'm fairly sure he didn't see a hard and fast border between "art" and "handicraft".  Jan has written about why we there there, so if you haven't read her blip here's a link.
This particular object is a manhole cover, in the ground outside one of the buildings. I think it's part of Anders' collection, but who knows?  It caught my eye and after a little research I know it was made in Norway by Ulefos, an iron foundry with deep historical roots. The motif is the coat-of-arms of Trondheim, from the 14th century, when Trondheim was the capital of Norway. The figures are the Archbishop , and the King of Norway, with the three heads representing the city council.
How did this Norwegian piece of street furniture end up in a Swedish home-built museum/gallery? I'm sure there's a story there but it will probably never be told. Make up your own story - that's what Anders did!

This picture, on flickr, was nearly my blip and shows our garden this morning. In the morning the sky was pure blue, without a fleck of cloud. It was warm and sunny, with virtually no wind. Then a tiny speck of cumulus cloud appeared, just behind the red cottage we call Betty's. As I suspected it would that tiny cumulus cloud grew and grew until it covered most of the sky...