Pioneer WATER, Resonant and Perfectly Patinated Old Cast Iron Street Water Valve Cover trench art matchbook cover what a gem of a

what a gem of a little watercolor

With some quick research I've learned that Winder Hospital  in Richmond

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

and then six more nails along the bottom just for flourish

Pioneer WATER, Resonant and Perfectly Patinated Old Cast Iron Street Water Valve Cover trench art matchbook cover what a gem of 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