$711
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. Very good original paint, minor paint losses on high points.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-08-14