Polychrome-painted Cast Iron Lady with Basket of Flowers Doorstop

Description:

Polychrome-painted Cast Iron Lady with Basket of Flowers Doorstop, Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co., Meriden, Connecticut, late 19th/early 20th century, she holds a basket of flowers and a parasol and stands on a rectangular base with green and blue diamond pattern, painted in soft pastel tones, raised "B & H/7796" marks on the reverse, with rubber bumpers on back of lower base, ht. 11 1/4, wd. 7 in.

Literature: For a similar example see Doorstops, by Jeanne Bertoia, Schroeder Publishing, 1985, p. 30.
Estimate $600-800

Very good original paint, minor paint losses on high points.

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