Old Folk Art Boot Doorstop! porcelain bell Dating from the 1920s-30s

Dating from the 1920s-30s

librarian and great collector in Melrose

and that perhaps the large ball in his large hands is a metaphor for the world

Minor paint loss-- a little along the side of the left ear and interior of the right ear

Some rippling to the paper from the pasting

Old Folk Art Boot Doorstop! porcelain bell Dating from the 1920s-30sIve seen a lot of folk art doorstops, and maybe even a few shaped like Victorian ladies boots, but Ive never seen one like this. I love it for its sort of crude awkwardness, and that red toe and trim, making me think it might be a marching or majorette boot, or maybe that of a circus ring leader! And of course I like the idea of putting a foot down to stop the door, though this is not very heavy and I dont think would be especially effective at at!