BOSTON TERRIER BULLDOG
Made By Foundries
HUBLEY Design #331
the NATIONAL Foundry
Design # 149
WEIGHT = 7.415 lbs.
HEIGHT = 10 1/4 inches
LENGTH = 10 1/8 inches
VALUE = $250 - $450
Hubley's doorstop is a 2 piece doorstop held together with 2 screws. Both going thru one half and threading into the other half. The screw heads are filled and painted over.
In 1940, Hubley sold this Doorstop from their own catalog for
Hubley would advertised this doorstop, Large BOSTON TERRIER # 331, in the 1938-9 Sears & Roebuck Catalog for $1.19 each.
Each doorstop came with a leather leash. As seen, from the prices given in the Hubley catalog & the Sears & Roebuck Catalog are very comparable.
This doorstop was, also, advertised in N. Shure's 1931 Catalog, page 198: See View
The name given was "
Shure was incorporated in 1925 Sidney N. Shure in Niles (suburb of Chicago), Illinois. The company sold radio kits. They latter became an audio-electronics manufacturer.
They made wireless microphone systems, phonograph cartridges, mixers, and digital signal processing. The company is in business today.
National sold their doorstop unpainted for