An American c.1961 Folk Art Painted 5 ¼ Valve Fire Hydrant, Cast by Mueller & Co. sub-Curios Late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century

Late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century parents commissioned likenesses of their offspring for the same reasons that prompt us to bedeck our youngsters in Sunday-best attire and haul them off to the photographer's

the moss green painted underside showing a signature center

Verso the there are four pins present

and are highly collectable

this radio could have only been affordable to those in higher circles

An American c.1961 Folk Art Painted 5 ¼ Valve Fire Hydrant, Cast by Mueller & Co. sub-Curios Late eighteenth and early nineteenth-centuryOrigin: American Period: Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1960 Diameter: 10 inches (at base) Height: 29 inches Cast by Mueller & Co of Chattanooga Tennessee and dated to 1961, the two piece barrel with 5 main valve size with two hose nozzles, bolted flange joint; and upper barrel flange, the skirt overhanging the lower barrel flange terminating in a fluted bonnet and painted in American stars and stripes. The hydrant is lacking the