Wonderful Old Handmade Penguin Doorstop with Alligator Paint vintage tea chest used to render an alternating

used to render an alternating design of two different flowers

the other just on one for the most part--are as simple as can be but perfectly useful

but doing it in such a completely tender

it seems to nod to old salt glazed jugs

hand-painted eyes and lips

Wonderful Old Handmade Penguin Doorstop with Alligator Paint vintage tea chest used to render an alternatingThis could be my very favorite old wooden cutout doorstop ever. 1. It's a penguin. 2. The flapping position of the flippers. 3. The feet. 4. The paint job, including this great painterly use of gray for outlining and shading the belly. And 5, perhaps best of all, the alligatoring of the creamy white paint and just terrific overall wear and aging. Really a warm, charming, satisfying thing. 7 3 4" tall x 8" wide x 4 1 4" d. Great structural condition.