Antique 1920s Cast Iron Cape Cod Massachusetts Windmill Doorstop - Excellent Original Hand Painted Features

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This Really is a Great Looking and Hard to Find Model Authentic Antique Circa 1920s Cast Iron Doorstop. American in … Read more This Really is a Great Looking and Hard to Find Model Authentic Antique Circa 1920s Cast Iron Doorstop. American in Origin. It is Not Signed but my Research Confirms that This Doorstop was Produced as a Model "#10 Cape Cod Windmill" by the Well Documented "National Foundry " of Whitman Massachusetts. It Still Retains its Artfully Original Hand Oil Painted Features with Exceptionally Nice Detail. I have been Dealing in Vintage & Antique Doorstops for Many Years and This is the Nicest Example of this Popular Doorstop Model that I have Ever Seen. It is in Very Good All Original Condition - Displays Beautifully. No Damage - No Repairs.
It Measures Overall Approx
7 inches Tall.
6 7/8 inches Long.
2 5/8 inches Wide - Deep at Base.

Cape Cod Had an Assortment of Windmills Over the Years - Some are Still in Existence Today.

With its fairly consistent ocean breezes, Cape Cod was an ideal location to erect windmills. The wind-powered mills ground corn into flour and corn meal, or, to be exact, wind-powered the sails, which in turn rotated the millstones, which ground the corn. Corn flour and corn meal were dietary staples in colonial times and a part of almost every meal.

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