Life Saver, Excellent Little Painted Cast Iron Lifeguard with Buoy, 1940s flat lidded basket and a cheerful one its

and a cheerful one its red paint with creamy white and green trim

Eight blown glass bottles total

but could also imagine him out in the woods

I especially love the perfectly round loop at the base of the handle

but a slit

Life Saver, Excellent Little Painted Cast Iron Lifeguard with Buoy, 1940s flat lidded basket and a cheerful one itsFortuitously, I found this guy in the same spot as the large beware the undertow folk art painting just listedlifeguard to the rescue! And seems to me a lifeguard, with a life preserver to boot, it something we could all use right about now! Pretty cute in his little red shorts, too. A little searching tells me he was made by Grey Iron Casting Co. as part of their American Family at the Beach series, 1940 48. 1 7 8 t. Some paint loss as documented,