Crazy Dog Folk Art Doorstop Virginia Metalcrafters Nat King Cole and Jimmy

Nat King Cole and Jimmy Durante

There is some some wear and cracking to the interior lacquer particularly on the underside of the lid

but it is a really wonderful little piece

terrifically intricate design rendered in shades of orange

with knotted shoelace cinch

Crazy Dog Folk Art Doorstop Virginia Metalcrafters Nat King Cole and JimmyWhat a dog! One finds a fair number of handmade doggy doorstops from the 1940s and 50s (I wonder if they were something people made in shop class? they were definitely a thing), but this one is especially good in its crudeness and weirdness, with these completely uneven ears, crossed eyes, and I'm not sure what the black line is crossing just above its mouth! Really, just right. Signed on the bottom, justifiably so, but with the first name painted