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

which this may well be from

The Knox name does not appear on any of the objects that he designed for Liberty

This is a large version of this sought after design and with thousands of reproductions produced it is refreshing to see a large original mid century piece of information artwork

were used to seal the contents

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