Old, Charming Handmade Kewpie (?) Doorstop antique schoolgirl And then handwritten in pencil

And then handwritten in pencil on the back of the postcard

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communication

or any others with the "Stanup" brand trademark for that matter

The only apparent flaw is a very fine hairline crack in the base of one vessel (pictured) which appears to have no structural impact

Old, Charming Handmade Kewpie (?) Doorstop antique schoolgirl And then handwritten in pencilThere 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