These could be ideal for the Collector and Bookend Enthusiast. This is your chance to own some truly unique bookends that showcase the age-old symbol of wisdom and knowledge! Take a look at the actual photos below to see what is being offered. These are indeed rare and hardly ever seen in such amazing condition. You won't find them listed in Kuritzky's Bookend Reference Guide - aside from the Pompeian version mentioned above -, but they can be found in the very early Marion Bronze Sales Catalogues. The wise birds stand at 8 ½" Tall, 3 ¼" Wide, and 3 ½" Long. These beauties are guaranteed to be both genuine and pristine deco pieces with no flaws or defects to mention. As for the polychrome books on which the owls stand, the deep red and green paint is still intact, as is the black paint on the top of the lovely bases. Even the eyes, beaks, and talons were not forgotten and were given equal attention to detail. The feathers are quite large and pronounced, with beautiful, overlapping lines and curves. The cold painted and bronze clad pieces are smooth and intact all around, and the details are very much lifelike and alive. What is also nice about this pair is that, even though these are the oldest, they have been so well cared for that they look as if they were kept in an air-tight time capsule! Both pieces are splendid and in nothing less than excellent condition. It is easy to distinguish the "old" Marion Bronze pieces from the later pieces by the absence of the "MB" mark the early 1920-30s pieces did not bear this marking. What is especially nice about this pair is that it is one of the few original Marion Bronze sets that were recreated by the same company some 30 years later under new ownership. These are listed in Kuritzky's Bookend reference guide as being made by the Pompeian Bronze Company, which is true, but they were also produced in 1922 by the Marion Bronze Company - about half a decade prior to the Pompeian variation. This is a pair that is highly regarded amongst collectors and is one of the finest made by the Marion Bronze Company. A uction D escription You are looking at a pair of extremely nice and rare Art Deco Bookends from the very early 1920's.
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