Dutch Man Folk Art Hand-painted Wooden Doorstop pair of carved bone boxes as most I have in

as most I have in this style contain an interior compartment--usually concealed by a sliding top--for stashing snuff (ground tobacco

and the bird itself is about 2 inches tall

Made of sea grass

complete with pin cushion on the underside of the lid

Dutch Man Folk Art Hand-painted Wooden Doorstop pair of carved bone boxes as most I have inI'm completely in love with the color combination of luscious matte orange, navy, yellow, black and green on this old handmade wooden door stop. I think its maker was too, as they seemed rather less concerned with the details of the face of this presumably Dutch man sweetly and a bit hesitantly penciling in eyes, nose and chin, then painting a thin red line for the lips. The black painted buttons down the front of his shirt and along the top of his