Life Saver, Excellent Little Painted Cast Iron Lifeguard with Buoy, 1940s flat lidded basket I especially love the perfectly

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

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

Most are marked on one side with hand-written point values

it immediately reminded my of Andy Warhol's Coca Cola paintings and prints

but could also imagine him out in the woods

Life Saver, Excellent Little Painted Cast Iron Lifeguard with Buoy, 1940s flat lidded basket I especially love the perfectlyFortuitously, 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,