Dutch Man Folk Art Hand-painted Wooden Doorstop pair of carved bone boxes complete with pin cushion on

complete with pin cushion on the underside of the lid

Made of sea grass

I believe

unsigned but presumed mid-century as it seems quintessentially so

I knew when I found this drawing (and a second listed separately)--sent as a Christmas card to artist Lois Gross Smiley

Dutch Man Folk Art Hand-painted Wooden Doorstop pair of carved bone boxes complete with pin cushion onI'm completely in love with the color combination of luscious matte orange, navy, yellow, black and green on this old handmade wooden door stop. I think its maker was too, as they seemed rather less concerned with the details of the face of this presumably Dutch man sweetly and a bit hesitantly penciling in eyes, nose and chin, then painting a thin red line for the lips. The black painted buttons down the front of his shirt and along the top of his