HUBLEY EARLY 20TH C AMERICAN ANTIQUE HND PAINTED STANDING CAT CAST IRON DOORSTOP For Sale

SCARCE HUBLEY EARLY 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN FOLK ART ANTIQUE HAND PAINTED CAT WEARING YELLOW RIBBON TIED AROUND ITS NECK & STANDING on YELLOW PILLOW BASE, CAST IRON DOORSTOP, featuring ORIGINAL, FIRST GENERATION ENAMEL PAINT & NATURALLY DRY, MATTE SURFACES in ABSOLUTELY 100% ORIGINAL ANTIQUE CONDITION, NOT DUSTED, WASHED, RINSEDor OTHERWISE TAMPERED with[Great paint makes for a great antique cast iron doorstop. 100%, absolutely untouched. Authentic. Honest. Real & untampered with. A truly magnificent, fresh, estate find & early 20th century American antique artifact. This early 20th century Hubley antique hand painted cast iron standing cat or better described as a kitten & not just any kitten but a particularly adorable one, features a somewhat startled looking cat, standing upright but even slightly recoiling backwards. The kitten wears a yellow ribbon tied around its neck & stands perched upon a yellow painted pillow, which is also the cast iron figure's base, upon which a wooden door would come to rest & not move the doorstop, due to its weight & the downward thrust of the heavy ballast of its base. The paint is first generation & hasn't been altered, touched-up, repainted or adulterated in any shape or form. There's some minor paint loss, largely with the yellow enamel paint. Very nice. 100% untouched.](Circa 1900-1920)Early 20th century American folk art, antique primitive, hand painted, figurative cast iron metal doorstops featuring domestic ½" Height x 6" Width x 2 ¼" DepthWeight: 4 lbs. 4 oz.
DESCRIPTION:Great paint makes for a great antique cast iron doorstop. 100%, absolutely untouched. Authentic. Honest. Real and untampered with. A truly magnificent, fresh, estate find and early 20th century American antique artifact. This early 20th century Hubley antique hand painted cast iron standing cat or better described as a kitten and not just any kitten but a particularly adorable one, features a somewhat startled looking kitten, standing upright but even slightly recoiling backwards. The kitten wears a yellow ribbon tied around its neck and stands perched upon a yellow painted pillow which is also the cast iron figure's base, upon which a wooden door would come to rest and not move the doorstop, due to its weight and the downward thrust of the heavy ballast of its base. The paint is first generation and hasn't been altered, touched-up, repainted or adulterated in any shape or form. There's some minor paint loss, largely with the yellow enamel paint. Very nice. 100% untouched.
CONDITION:Good to Very Good overall antique condition.