Antique Carved Marble Doorstop with Porcelain Handle 1900s ) The scratches and subtle

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

Really quite a lovely sculptural object

When I bring a bunch of stuff home from a picking excursion

surely an instructor wrote it the first time at the top

Antique Carved Marble Doorstop with Porcelain Handle 1900s ) The scratches and subtleI'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