THE COLOR & SHAPE:

A PICTURE OF THE DOORSTOP IS ESSENTIAL
USE THE SOURCES BELOW TO OBTAIN THAT PICTURE

  1. USE THIS INTERNET SITE
  2. DOORSTOP PICTURES FROM DOORSTOP BOOKS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT THIS SITE

    HINT: TO DISTINGUISH BOOKENDS FROM DOORSTOPS:
    BOOKENDS ARE SMALLAER IN HEIGHT THAN DOORSTOPS (USUALLY UNDER 6 INCHES)
    THE BOOK "FIGURATIVE CAST IRON" IS AN EXCELLANT SOURCE FOR BOOKEND PICTURES


IMPORTANT RULES TO REMEMBER WHEN USING PICTURES

  1. "COMPARE THE COLORS IN THE PICTURE WITH THE COLORS OF THE PIECE", COLOR BY COLOR.   IF THEY MATCH EXACTLY, THIS STEP IS DONE.
    IF THEY DON'T, THEN, YOU WILL HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION, "DID THAT DOORSTOP COME IN DIFFERENT COLOR VARIATIONS?"
    MOST OF THE DOORSTOPS DID COME IN VARIOUS COLOR SCHEMES. HOWEVER, SOME DID NOT!
    YOU ARE TAKING A SLIGHT CHANCE WITH A DIFFERENT COLOR SCHEME!
    REMEMBER, REPAINTING ANY DOORSTOP DESTROYS ITS VALUE!
    ONLY EXPERIENCE WILL HELP YOU HERE. AFTER VIEWING DOORSTOPS FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO TELL THE OLD PAINTS.
    USUALLY, THE ENTIRE DOORSTOP WAS PAINTED WITH AN OFF WHITE AND THEN THE DIFFERENT COLORS WERE APPLIED.
    SO, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO TELL IF THERE IS THAT WHITE UNDERCOAT IN PLACES WHERE THE COLOR HAS BEEN WORN OFF!

    THE MANUFACTURER, BRADLEY & HUBBARD, NEVER PAITED THEIR DOORSTOPS WITH BRIGHT COLORS. THEY WERE ALWAYS VERY RESERVED.
    SO, NEVER BUY A BRADLEY & HUBBARD THAT IS BRIGHTLY PAINTED

  2. "COMPARE THE PIECE WITH THE PICTURE", FEATURE BY FEATURE. DO NOT REGARD THIS LIGHTLY.
    TAKE YOUR TIME AND DO AS MANY FEATURES AS TIME ALLOWS.
    YOU WILL BE SURPRISED HOW MANY TIMES A SINGLE FEATURE DOES NOT COINCIDE AFTER SEVERAL FEATURES WERE EXACTLY THE SAME.
    JUST WHEN YOU WERE SURE THAT THIS PIECE WAS EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE DOORSTOP IN THE PICTURE.
    DO NOT BUY THE PIECES WHEN A FEATURE IS DIFFERENT, OTHERWISE, YOU ARE TAKING A SERIOUS CHANCE.