Bookends
Pair Antique Cast Bronze "Indian Hunters" Bookends
Item #: G4625
Description: Bookends cast in solid bronze depicting an Indian Brave teaching his son to hunt with bow and arrow.
Materials: Cast bronze.
Dimensions: Height: 5-5/8". Width: 4-7/8". Depth: 2-3/4".
Locality and Period: American. c.1920.
Comments: Well executed high relief casting with desirable subject matter.
Price: $95.00 Pair
Item #: G5187
Description: Pair bookends depicting the clumsy Librarian stacking books. Patterned back with cast "K & O" marking.
Materials: Cast brass.
Dimensions: Height: 6-1/4". Width: 4". Depth: 3".
Locality and Period: Brooklyn, NY. c.1920.
Comments: Heavy casting.
Price: ***SOLD***
Item #: G5182
Description: Bronzed over cast iron elephant bookends. Marked "176" on back.
Materials: Bronze patinated cast iron.
Dimensions: Height: 4-1/4". Width: 5-1/2". Depth: 2-1/8".
Locality and Period: Pennsylvania. c.1910.
Comments: The Hubley Manufacturing Company was an American producer of a wide range of cast iron toys, doorstops and bookends. Heavy casting.
Price: ***SOLD***
Item #: G5157
Description: Cast iron bookends with elegant cameo in oval frame.
Materials: Cast iron.
Dimensions: Height: 5". Width: 4-3/8". Depth: 2".
Locality and Period: Unknown foundry. c.1900.
Comments: Unique cameo motif.
Price: $95.00 Pair
Item #: G5164
Description: Hollow cast bronze eagle head bookends with verdigris patina.
Materials: Hollow cast bronze.
Dimensions: Height: 4-1/2". Width: 2-3/4". Depth: 2-7/8".
Locality and Period: Unmarked. c.1920.
Comments: Distinct American Eagle heads.
Price: ***SOLD***
Item #: G4856
Description: Cold painted cast bronze bookends depicting seated Buddha. Patterned back with cast "K & O" marking.
Materials: Cold painted cast bronze.
Dimensions: Height: 5-7/8". Width: 4-3/4". Depth: 4-1/4".
Locality and Period: Brooklyn, NY. c.1920.
Comments: Polychromatic cold painted. Heavy casting.
Price: $59.00 Pair
Pair Bronze over Cast Iron "Parthenon" Bookends
Item #: G4855
Description: Cast iron bookends having a bronzed finish in the form of the Greek Parthenon.
Materials: Cast iron.
Dimensions: Height: 4-1/2". Width: 7". Depth: 1-3/4".
Locality and Period: . American. c.1910-20.
Comments: Impressive architectural bookends. Heavy casting.
Price: ***SOLD***
Pair Judd Lion Bronze over Cast Iron Bookends
Item #: G4710
Description: Cast iron bookends having a bronzed finish with a lion motif. Textured pattern back with Judd casting number "9784".
Materials: Cast iron.
Dimensions: Height: 5-5/8". Width: 6-1/8". Depth: 2-3/8".
Locality and Period: . Brooklyn, NY. c.1910-20.
Comments: In the early 1910s, they began to produce a decorative art metal line of fine-quality sand castings in iron, brass and bronze. Among these items were bookends and book racks, which were produced between 1910 and the late 1930s.
Price: $95.00 Pair
Pair Art Deco E.W. Fuerst "Gazelle" Frosted Glass Bookends
Item #: G4861
Description: Art Deco frosted glass bookends with stylized gazelle. Demi-lune, stepped base.
Materials: Frosted glass.
Dimensions: Height: 4". Width: 5". Depth: 3-1/2".
Locality and Period: . Illinois. c.1936.
Comments: Designed by E.W. Fuerst and manufactured by Owens-Illinois Glass Company.
Price: $98.00 Pair
Pair Cast Iron Abraham Lincoln Bookends Marked "Verona"
Item #: G4564
Description: Cast iron bookends of Abraham Lincoln having bronzed finish. Back casting marked "Verona".
Materials: Cast iron.
Dimensions: Height: 5-5/8". Width: 4-3/4". Depth: 2". Each
Locality and Period: Marked "Verona". c.1920.
Comments: Nice pair in bronzed finish having aged patina.
Price: ***SOLD***
Pair Cast Iron "Reims Cathedral" Bookends
Item #: G4185
Description: Pair cast iron bookends depicting the French Reims Cathedral. Verdigris and gold applied patina. Marked on the back "CATHEDRAL 6".
Materials: Cast iron.
Dimensions: Height: 5-1/4". Width: 4". Depth: 2".
Locality and Period: Circa 1920's.
Comments: Detailed casting of famous French "Reims Cathedral" with appealing verdigris and gold Colors.
Price: ***SOLD***
Pair Bradley & Hubbard Whittier Quote Bookends
Item #: G4108
Description: Heavy bronze finish over cast iron bookends with a bust cartouche of John Greenleaf Whittier over a plaque with the quote "And step by step, since time began, I see the steady gain of man".
Materials: Bronze over cast iron.
Dimensions: Height: 6". Width: 4-5/8". Depth: 2-1/2".
Locality and Period: Meriden, Connecticut. c.1920.
Comments: Very nice pair finely cast by Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. (1852-1940).
Price: $125.00
Pair Bronze Whittier Bust Bookends
Item #: G3362
Description: Cast bronze bookends with bust of American poet John Greenleaf Whittier. "WHITTIER" cast on lower section.
Dimensions: Height: 6". Width: 5".
Price: $125.00
Pair Cast Iron George Washington Bookends
Item #: G3491
Description: Pair cast iron bookends with applied bronze patina. Bust of George Washington after the famous Houdon sculpture.
Dimensions: Height: 5-3/4".
Price: ***SOLD***
Pair George Washington Bust Bookends
Item #: G2228
Description: Pair composition with gold metallic finish bookends after the famous bust by Jean-Antoine Houdon of George Washington. Dated 1960.
Dimensions: Height: 7-3/4". Width: 5".
Price: $49.00 Pair
Pair Cast Metal Pirate Bookends
Item #: G2611
Description: Cold painted cast metal bookends with figure of pirate & treasure chest.
Dimensions: Height: 5-3/8". Width: 4-1/8".
Price: $89.00
Pair Glass Horse Head Bookends
Item #: G2949
Description: Pair molded glass bookends in the form of horse heads.
Dimensions: Height: 5-1/2". Width: 5".
Price: $25.00
Longfellow Bust Bookends
Item #: G2205
Description: Painted spelter metal bust of Longfellow on plinth with name in block letters at base of bust.
Dimensions: Height: 6-1/2". Width: 4-1/2".
Price: $59.00
Pair "The Angelus" Cast Metal Bookends
Item #: G3113
Description: Pair heavy cast metal bookends with a depiction of "The Angelus (L'Angelus) from an oil painting by French painter Jean-Francois Millet, completed in 1859.
Dimensions: Height: 4-3/4". Width: 5".
Price: $49.00
