The reason i think that it is a county lantern is that it has a dent in the fount and in the air tube by the bail hole (maybe the dents happened at a worksite or on a barricade?) it was originally dietz blue, but it ended up being painted county road commission orange and having S.R. painted on both sides of it near the cap, which coud mean Saginaw county Road commission. i got it from a woman in saginaw county so maybe the S.R. means Saginaw county road commission. just a thought...