Pioneer WATER, Resonant and Perfectly Patinated Old Cast Iron Street Water Valve Cover trench art matchbook cover very sound and sturdy and

very sound and sturdy and tightly stuffed with no holes

but the fourth has a perfect unused set inside

too) were carved from broom handles

what a gem of a little watercolor

I especially love the young tree growing just beside what I take for the front door

Pioneer WATER, Resonant and Perfectly Patinated Old Cast Iron Street Water Valve Cover trench art matchbook cover very sound and sturdy andYou know I love found language (and what a resonant phrase here), and sometimes a great old cast iron object too. And I find the the graphic punch and clarity of the lettering on this just completely satisfying. This would have functioned as a street water valve access cover for a municipal water system, I believe. I found it in mid coast Maine and have since found one other example out there of this particular Pioneer Water cover, but in nothing like