Wonderful Folk Art Squirrel Doorstop in Gorgeously Alligatored Green Paint handmade milking stool 1940s or early 50s

1940s or early 50s

but stable and not too brittle

this is an early 20th-century British watercolor of Wall Pennywort

and to head out together on long walks through the countryside

Wonderful Folk Art Squirrel Doorstop in Gorgeously Alligatored Green Paint handmade milking stool 1940s or early 50sI don't think I've ever seen a better squirrel silhouette than this one, holding I assume an acorn in its paws, or one clad in a better coat of paint than this green, which has alligatored to total perfection. Definitely this is an early one as far as American folk art wooden doorstops go; based on the nails and paint and the monochrome, I would think 19th c. Really a beautiful thing. 7 1 2" t x 5 1 8" w x 7" d and in very good aged condition, stable