Pioneer WATER, Resonant and Perfectly Patinated Old Cast Iron Street Water Valve Cover brass seal and surely this dancer with

and surely this dancer with skirt aloft must have pleased the troops

This one has a blank circle at the center of one side where the monogram would be carved (and still could be

He still stands sturdy on his feet

occasionally I hit the shop just right and come home with a small trove of good ones

including the reverse

Pioneer WATER, Resonant and Perfectly Patinated Old Cast Iron Street Water Valve Cover brass seal and surely this dancer withYou 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