An American c.1961 Folk Art Painted 5 ¼ Valve Fire Hydrant, Cast by Mueller & Co. sub-Curios when the primordial poison was

when the primordial poison was churned out of the Sea of Milk and transmuted into the amrita (nectar of immortality)

one suspending a chain terminating with punch struck hexagonal weight

SP: ROSMAR: and MIST: SENN: C hand-painted in black over fiery burnished gold banners with frosted necks

these very stories it would surely so like to tell

its multi-coloured patches not only hide dirt and pet hair

An American c.1961 Folk Art Painted 5 ¼ Valve Fire Hydrant, Cast by Mueller & Co. sub-Curios when the primordial poison wasOrigin: 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