American Bookends

These highly detailed and richly painted exemplifies the quality work of the Judd Company. Known for their bookends which were made from 1910-1930, that gre...

Pair of solid bronze cast bookends by Auguste Rodin of "The Thinker". Marked on the reverse on the lower right corner "solid bronze". They are handsomely patinated and heavy enough t...

Pair of Egyptian Hand Maidens made in, and stamped "Real Solid Bronze." These Bookends are from the Early 20th century (circa 1910,) during the Egyptian Revival Movement. Sculpted by...

A pair of young ducks bookends (running and eating). Very rare model. Lost Wax Foundry method. Each signed "E·B· PARSONS " and stamped "Kunst Foundry NY," in the bases. Bronze with brown original patina. Condition: Wear and minor losses to the patina. Edith Barretto Stevens Parsons (1878 Houston, Virginia -1956 New Canaan, Connecticut) was an American sculptor. She studied with Daniel Chester French, and at the Art Students League of New York, where she won a sculpture prize and scholarships. She apprenticed with James Earle Fraser. She sculpted figures for the 1902 St. Louis Exposition's Liberal Arts Building, and in 1908 showed her sculpture Earth Mother at the National Academy of Design. That same year, she married Howard Crosby Parsons, and built a studio on the top floor of their home. Her work changed its subject matter as her own children were born and posed for her sculptures, often holding ducks, turtles, and other creatures. Duck Baby, beginning a series of garden sculptures for which she is best known today, was the popular hit of the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition. The exposition handbook stated: "In the presence of so much that is weighty and powerful, the popularity of Duck Baby is a significant and touching indication of the world's hunger for what is cheerful and mirth-provoking." The same may be said of Turtle Baby and Frog Baby...

These richly patinated and well cast bronze bookends are artist signed and bear the foundry mark "Griffoul." Hard to find bookends that are made in bronze; moreover, they are signed ...

These are really special bookends. They are high quality with two color patina and are extremely heavy. Each bookend weighs 7-1/2 lbs; that is quite amazing. Note that all the books ...

Each depicting a kneeling child posing to support books. Signed Barretto Parsons. Copy 1913 and Gorham Founders

Carl Sorensen American bookends, hammered copper metalwork. Free shipping within the United States and Canada. Carl Sorensen bookends. Hammered copper. Philadelphia based metal...

Pair of Egyptian Hand Maidens made in, and stamped "Real Solid Bronze." These Bookends are from the Early 20th Century (c.1910,) during the Egyptian Revival Movement. Sculpted by M....