Satisfying and Lovely Solid Brass Wedge Doorstop ricco maresca with a little roughness/wear around

with a little roughness/wear around the mouth

One sees these type of sweet grass and ash splint baskets around these parts

Louis Fair

Paper size: 16”x23”

but this is a very early set of the latter

Satisfying and Lovely Solid Brass Wedge Doorstop ricco maresca with a little roughness/wear aroundA useful thing, very effective at holding open a door, but more than that a very lovely and satisfying object, which I'd be just as inclined to use as a paper weight, or add to a sculptural arrangement (a great complement to some geometric solid blocks, for example.) Solid brass, nice weight and feel in the hand, with with some good wear at the tip attesting to having indeed done some duty as a doorstop. 3 3 4" x 1" x 7 8. Very good condition, great