Wonderful Old Handmade Penguin Doorstop with Alligator Paint signed pottery vase 6 7/8" long x 3

6 7/8" long x 3 1/4" d at widest

a little red and green paint on the rim

it will flatten out and will be shipped flat

who I think quite charmed the artist as he sketched them nearly 200 years ago

with just a very small amount of loosening/loss of the embroidery in a couple of spots (as documented in photos)

Wonderful Old Handmade Penguin Doorstop with Alligator Paint signed pottery vase 6 7/8" long x 3This 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.