Apollo of Florance II., Italy, 2007

An appliance used to regulate the flow of gases and liquids through pipelines and is manually adjustable by a handle. In the brass cast there is a stainless steel ball with a borehole that can turn asside in a filling bush, allowing or preventing the flow of the substances in the tube. The valve, in order to avoid burns the arm was fitted with plastic coating.

The device was found in its original state in a technical store of the Italian city, without any trace of use or repairment.