Old, Charming Handmade Kewpie (?) Doorstop ice fishing tip up with the final marble ending

with the final marble ending up in the centre hole

I think it's a pretty great one

one of two in the shop that came  from a larger collection of drawings executed by the artist on a Grand Tour encompassing Italy

while looking great on an open shelf when not in use

Old, Charming Handmade Kewpie (?) Doorstop ice fishing tip up with the final marble endingThere are so many great old handmade wooden doorstops out there, which I rarely resist grabbing when I see them, but this I believe is an especially old one, and the first I have seen featuring this character. (Plenty of cats, dogs and dutch children, but I can't find another anywhere with this one). I believe it is likely a very early iteration of the kewpie, which first gained popularity as comic strip characters invented and drawn by NYC based