OLD 1930 BOSTON TERRIER IRON DOORSTOP ORIGINAL PAINT
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This one is just a very nice old vintage boston terrier bulldog doorstop in it's orignal paint and in unrestored, untouched up, original hardware condition. This is not one of the factory painted ones, this is one of the ones painted by a customer, you can tell by the pattern of the paint and the very nice shadings in coloration, all original . The paint on this one is unusual since usually you have either black and white or brown and white. This terrier bulldog has shadings of black and browns mixed with the most wonderful creamy ivory paint. And, best of all,what looks likethe original little rgold painted mouth collar around the neck. The eyes are very special on this one, handpainted for sure with golden brown and black and white shadings and very almost human looking. Just look at the pattern of the white on this dog, very much like a real dog and all the patches of white unique. This one is not new and let me tell you why. It is an old casting. Seams fit together beautifully although they are not as tight as original since they have loosed over the decades. Now in some you will see that they open up the screws and retighten them but then you lose the original paint over the screws!! W paint is missing, it either shows the true old foundry white undercoat or in a very few places, the deep ruby red brown color old cast iron turns
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