Old, Charming Handmade Kewpie (?) Doorstop ice fishing tip up The text on the shorts

The text on the shorts of the the boxer at left is enough to figure out that he is world champion Panamanian boxer Roberto Duran (b

one of two in the shop that came  from a larger collection of drawings executed by the artist on a Grand Tour encompassing Italy

Still completely frame worthy as far as I am concerned

and think most likely the river pictured is the Hudson

I do believe it would polish up some if desired

Old, Charming Handmade Kewpie (?) Doorstop ice fishing tip up The text on the shortsThere are so many great old handmade wooden doorstops out there, which I rarely resist grabbing when I see them, but this I believe is an especially old one, and the first I have seen featuring this character. (Plenty of cats, dogs and dutch children, but I can't find another anywhere with this one). I believe it is likely a very early iteration of the kewpie, which first gained popularity as comic strip characters invented and drawn by NYC based