Although
it's Pussies without the apostrophe as I tried several likely felines and two
of the shots worked to some extent;
This
is the F.G.Taylor well, suitably equipped with cats! The largest of the three we're about to look at,
Barney had a nice copy a while back which I missed, slightly smaller and with a
yellow roof and simpler, solid bucket/weight.
Starting
the post-proper with the smallest, I think we've looked at this before, but I
recently combined the two ('storage' and 'here') samples together, which allows
for a better look, although the text/captions render further blurb rather superfluous!
I
believe these are all Hong Kong, but there may be a Western origin/influence
there somewhere? It's similar to or loosly based-on the Marx well, but with the pivot-handle replaced by a more European
winding-mechanism and rain-guard.
This
is the Speed'well-well! I thought it might
be missing a winding-handle but apparently; this is it! Similar construction to the
other two for the roof piece, but with the hidden studs of the smaller one, for
a cleaner look.
Back
to the Taylor, I don't know if there was a lead version in the T&B days,
but I don't think so? Although it would explain the studs coming through - to
be flattened-down and hold the roof on? I'll try to find out!
All
of them together, sans felines! the smallest I think was only ever a
cake-decoration (lucky or wishing-well), the chromium-finished one being
presumably for wedding-cakes? Speedwell
was always toward the 45-50mm bracket, while Taylor are doing the whole 1:32nd
scale thing!
A follow-up post is here, then Barratt's well's have turned-up courtesy of Barney Brown of Herald Toys & Models
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