Our New Orleans Water Meter Box earrings feature a replica of the much beloved and coveted of the New Orleans Meter box cover, which was designed in the early 1920s by Edwin Ford the owner of “Ford Meter Box Company” of Wabash, In. This historic cover clearly shows a crescent moon, which alludes to the common nick name of New Orleans as “The Crescent City”. That may explain why they were so coveted by tourists and locals that they have been stolen and taken home as pieces of home décor.