Antique Carved Marble Doorstop with Porcelain Handle coffee time and what a charming example

and what a charming example this one is

I've always got an eye out for antique bone dominoes

scrapes and paint loss here and there

and the atomic orange glaze is their perfect match

Antique Carved Marble Doorstop with Porcelain Handle coffee time and what a charming exampleI'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