Antique Brass Serpent-Handled Doorstop Vintage

Antique Brass Serpent-Handled Doorstop VintageAdditional Description: An unusual and sculptural antique brass doorstop featuring a dramatic serpent form handle rising from a heavy flared base. The handle is designed as a coiled serpent with engraved scale like decoration wrapping into an elegant looping form, terminating in a stylized serpent head and tight spiral curl. The twisted central stem adds further movement and visual tension to the design, giving the piece a distinctly Gothic Revival or

varied scripts

attributed to the workshop of Guglielmo Pugi

The text states that the husband was allegedly continuously intoxicated

Many were sold as part of multi-piece dressing sets that included: hand mirrors

Giltwood with deep relief foliate carving

Era: Late 19th C

a material many 19th C and early 20th c painters reused because of its fine grain and dimensional stability

with old mounting marks and cracks from wood movement over time

Frederick was a Dutch-born French academic painter known for Rococo Revival scenes and elegant genre compositions featuring aristocratic 18th century life

Cast in solid bronze with a warm gilt surface that has developed a beautiful

Mechanism for folding and support appears intact and functional

is consistent with higher-end Italian workshop production