Antique Carved Marble Doorstop with Porcelain Handle coffee time Cincinnati in 1923

Cincinnati in 1923

but looks great and ready to fill

The half-bottle form is attached to its original mount

from affixing his work to the underside of a table to deter burglars while he was away from his unlocked boat home

Antique Carved Marble Doorstop with Porcelain Handle coffee time Cincinnati in 1923I'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