• Vintage cast iron doorstop with three cream geese wearing blue bows on a dark green base
  • Cast iron geese doorstop on a white shelf beside a pearly shell and old books tied with string
  • Close up of the mother goose with orange beak, painted lashes and a blue ribbon bow
  • Close up of two geese with blue bows and orange webbed feet on the textured green base
  • Angled view of the three geese doorstop showing the line of geese walking in a row
  • Back of the cast iron geese doorstop painted cream with light wear
  • Side view of the hand painted geese doorstop with blue bows and orange feet
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The Blue Loft

Vintage Cast Iron Three Geese Doorstop in Cream with Blue Bows

£34.00
£34.00
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  • One of a kind

Three geese have put on their best blue ribbons and set off in single file across this vintage cast iron doorstop, mother at the front with her head held high and two smaller geese close behind, as if they have just been called in for tea. Each one has painted lashes, a bright orange beak and orange webbed feet, and the bows are picked out in a soft duck egg blue.

It is solid cast iron, hand painted in cream with a lightly speckled finish and set on a deep green base cast with a textured pattern of grass. It measures 18.5cm by 16cm by 5cm, compact enough to tuck beside a door without getting under your feet and heavy enough to hold it open.

Painted cast iron doorstops were made in their thousands for British homes from the Victorian era onwards, and farmyard birds have always been among the most loved designs. Geese suit a country kitchen especially well, bringing a little of the farmyard indoors without any of the noise.

The paint has the gentle wear you would hope for in a piece with some years behind it: a little rubbing to the beaks and heads, a few small chips to the bows, and a touch of rust showing along the edge of the base. The back is painted plain cream. None of it takes away from the colours, which are still fresh and cheerful.

Stand it by the back door with the wellies, line it up along a windowsill beside a jug of spring flowers, or give it to someone who keeps hens and would appreciate the company. It sits happily alongside our family of ducks and single goose if you would like to start a small flock of your own.

Vintage cast iron doorstop with three cream geese wearing blue bows on a dark green base
Cast iron geese doorstop on a white shelf beside a pearly shell and old books tied with string
Close up of the mother goose with orange beak, painted lashes and a blue ribbon bow
Close up of two geese with blue bows and orange webbed feet on the textured green base
Angled view of the three geese doorstop showing the line of geese walking in a row
Back of the cast iron geese doorstop painted cream with light wear
Side view of the hand painted geese doorstop with blue bows and orange feet