Pioneer WATER, Resonant and Perfectly Patinated Old Cast Iron Street Water Valve Cover modeled with a bit of minor

with a bit of minor loss around the edges

10" x 8 1/16" as mounted (original mount)

I filled it with water to make it a bit easier to read in photos and tried shooting against black

and a couple of tiny tassels at top to boot (ha

as well documented in photos

Pioneer WATER, Resonant and Perfectly Patinated Old Cast Iron Street Water Valve Cover modeled with a bit of minorYou 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