Pioneer WATER, Resonant and Perfectly Patinated Old Cast Iron Street Water Valve Cover trench art matchbook cover but the fourth has a

but the fourth has a perfect unused set inside

very sound and sturdy and tightly stuffed with no holes

too) were carved from broom handles

One very last one from a number of drawings I've list by the same (surely quite young) maker

what a gem of a little watercolor

Pioneer WATER, Resonant and Perfectly Patinated Old Cast Iron Street Water Valve Cover trench art matchbook cover but the fourth has aYou 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