Internal Conflict: Antique Pennsylvania Folk Art Doorstop with Carved Eagle early blocks but really think think all

but really think think all of these little vignettes on one page are pretty great

and a pretty good hat too--what a lot of life in him

and such kindly looks toward one another

all dating to the 1860s and all stitched to or tucked into bits of paper annotated with names and notes

I wouldn't have predicted one of my favorite finds ever would be a dirty old sock

Internal Conflict: Antique Pennsylvania Folk Art Doorstop with Carved Eagle early blocks but really think think allAnother one found in Pennsylvania, and I would bet that is where it was made, with a bit of a Wilhelm Schimmel character to the carving of the eagle. What really sold me on this was the internal tension embedded in it to use it as a doorstop is to lay that eagle flat on its back, and to come very close at least to treading on it. Which makes it feel very much like a metaphor. Oh, America. 6 1 4" x 1 7 8" x 1 1 4". Wear to the bottom edge of the