Internal Conflict: Antique Pennsylvania Folk Art Doorstop with Carved Eagle early blocks but surely not so much

but surely not so much in the early days of electricity

and a pretty good hat too--what a lot of life in him

but really think think all of these little vignettes on one page are pretty great

executed in ink with watercolor detail on the tail plumes

which note states

Internal Conflict: Antique Pennsylvania Folk Art Doorstop with Carved Eagle early blocks but surely not so muchAnother one found in Pennsylvania, and I would bet that is where it was made, with a bit of a Wilhelm Schimmel character to the carving of the eagle. What really sold me on this was the internal tension embedded in it to use it as a doorstop is to lay that eagle flat on its back, and to come very close at least to treading on it. Which makes it feel very much like a metaphor. Oh, America. 6 1 4" x 1 7 8" x 1 1 4". Wear to the bottom edge of the