Wonderfully Awkward Antique Silk on Silk Embroidered Bird 1920s cast iron doorstop also known as the Staff

also known as the Staff of Aesculapius

This one did require a little mending--one of the axels was split

This is one of two pairs of antique ladies legs calipers I found in Maine this past week

one ring fitting inside the other

Each measures 43 1/2 x 47 1/2" and both are in great condition

Wonderfully Awkward Antique Silk on Silk Embroidered Bird 1920s cast iron doorstop also known as the StaffA little bird very much after my own heart, wonderfully awkward and hard trying! Silk thread on silk ground, hand dyed I believe, making me think this earlyish 19th century, I'd think done by a girl fairly early on in developing her embroidery skills. The feathers of the wings are quite glorious, like flame stitching, but it's the funny beak and dangling little feet that really get me. Love. Framed as found, under glass in a newer gold painted wooden