Vintage English Brass Door Porter / Doorstop ~ Mr. Pickwick

A fine and heavy Mid 20th Century Vintage English Brass Door Porter / Doorstop, modelled as "Mr. Pickwick" and produced for members of the Pickwick Bicycle Club, the world's oldest male cycling club, founded by six men in London in 1870 and still going strong with a long waiting list of eager would be entrants. The founders chose Pickwick as it's name following the then recent death of the author, Charles Dickens, and all members wear a special uniform as well as adopting character names from his novels. Originally produced c. 1930 in a numbered series of 500, No. 11 of which passed through our stock in September 2012, these delightful, { and practical } items rarely come up for sale in today's marketplace. Love This Item ? ~ Why Not Make Us An Offer ? Our Warranty :- Buy It, Enjoy It, And Take Good Care Of It, Subject Only To These Conditions, We Undertake To Accept This Item Back At Any Time And To Credit The Full Original Purchase Price Against The Value Of Your Next Order. Just One Of The Thousands Of Warranted Antiques ~ Vintage Collectables ~ Catalogues and Antiques Reference Works For Sale At Our Main Website ~ www.applecrossantiques.com