Deco Doggy, Sharp Old Black and White Painted Wooden Folk Art Doorstop 19th century landscape providing just the right combination

providing just the right combination of information to imagine whole lives

and in all of its distressed-ness

complete set in their original latched wooden box with gold decoration including laurel wreath at center (to inspire one to win

Sometimes I really feel the call to hold something ancient in my hands

late 1700s/early 1800s

Deco Doggy, Sharp Old Black and White Painted Wooden Folk Art Doorstop 19th century landscape providing just the right combinationI've gotten pretty particular as far as old wooden folk art doorstops go but this one won me immediately, and completely. Quite an elegance and formal sophistication to this black and white pup sharp and precise in a deco sort of way, and super graphic. (Has a bit of a 1920s 30s Grenfell Mission sensibility to my eye too.) Just right that the door stopper itself be green, peeking through the nice front view cutout between its belly and leg.) C. 1920s