Redheaded Woman in Fur Old Folk Art Wooden Doorstop handmade chess board This hand-carved bird

This hand-carved bird

and there are eight very tiny holes forming a pattern on the front

and I don't believe it's design could be improved upon at all

Some stains along the edges but if matted fairly tightly

The black paint of her hair and brown of her body has aged and worn some highlighting the knife marks of her carving and revealing green undertones in the paint

Redheaded Woman in Fur Old Folk Art Wooden Doorstop handmade chess board This hand-carved birdThere are a lot of old handmade wooden doorstops out there, but this is the first I've seen painted with a woman like this one, who most definitely seems capable of holding any door in place, though it does really feel that one should be opening the door for her! I especially love her red hair and wide hat, and the lines of her fur trimmed cape, which themselves seem to gesture: open, open! 7 7 8" t x 4" w x 3 7 8" w. A little paint loss but overall