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

award it as a trophy

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

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 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