{"product_id":"the-water-meter-lamp","title":"The Water Meter Lamp","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis piece stands on four legs, and every one of them is a genuine salvaged tap.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe base of this lamp is built entirely from reclaimed plumbing fittings, four brass tap bodies serving as feet, their spouts still pointed outward exactly as they were when they once controlled the flow of water in some forgotten building. Above them, two vertical pipe columns rise in parallel, connected by horizontal crossbars to form a clean, open rectangular frame, architectural in its simplicity, utterly honest in its materials.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt the frame's center sits the piece's defining detail: a genuine reclaimed water meter, its blue-painted body and brass housing intact, its dial face still showing the markings of a utility that once measured every drop passing through a real pipe network. Beside it, an operable red valve handle adds a deliberate accent of colour against the warm bronze and aged silver of the surrounding pipework, a flash of red that the eye finds instinctively, the way it always has on working plumbing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCrowning the piece, a single arm bends overhead to hold an authentic vintage green enamel shade, its bowl directing warm filament light downward across the meter and frame below, the same shade language seen elsewhere in the collection, here given new context by the skeletal structure it illuminates.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs with every piece in this collection, every component is genuinely salvaged. The water meter, the taps, the valve, none were purchased new, none were reproduced. They were found, reclaimed, and reassembled into something that carries their history forward rather than erasing it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDetails:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRecycled Art \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— pipe fittings, gauge, valve, and brackets all reclaimed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHandcrafted piece\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — assembled piece by piece \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGenuine salvaged water meter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — original blue housing and brass dial intact\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRectangular pipe frame\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — hand-fitted from reclaimed steel and brass fittings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthentic vintage green enamel shade\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — single light head\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOperable red valve handle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — salvaged and functional\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExposed Edison-style filament bulb \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— for warm, ambient task lighting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — 0 x 0 x 0 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA piece for those who see poetry in pipework, where the hidden infrastructure of a building becomes the visible architecture of light.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Summer Never Ends","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52629161640223,"sku":"L1004","price":500.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0964\/7056\/5151\/files\/WhatsAppImage2026-06-21at18.01.29_1.jpg?v=1782121394","url":"https:\/\/summerneverends.au\/products\/the-water-meter-lamp","provider":"Summer Never Ends","version":"1.0","type":"link"}