Antique Carved Marble Doorstop with Porcelain Handle 1900s the darning stitiches a pretty

the darning stitiches a pretty soft blue

) The scratches and subtle halo around his head just amplifies the effect

Really quite a lovely sculptural object

) I spend half my preparing boxes to bring them

I assume this is an ice fishing scene

Antique Carved Marble Doorstop with Porcelain Handle 1900s the darning stitiches a prettyI've definitely got a thing for carved marble folk art objects in part I think because they embody the democratization of a material with very grand historical associations. And hard to get much more democratic than a doorstop! This is a pretty matter of fact one, but with nicely carved corners and this great zig zag sort of detailing around the perimeter of the top and each side. Definitely well used, with a porcelain pull for carrying it from one