American Bookends

Solid Glass Block Bookends By Blenko, textured edge.

These appealing vintage brass bookends depict a bald eagle preparing for flight after perching on a base inscribed with “1776.” The bookends were made by Colonial Virginia, a crafter...

Solid iron midcentury Z Curtis Jere bookend with gold leaf finish. Signed and dated "1971".

A pair of bookends by Jere Osgood. Handcrafted with incredible detail and marquetry. This particular design was sold through the American Craft Council's gallery, America House (see catalog page). The shop operated from the 1940's to 1970s in New York and sold works by Elsa Freund, Michael Coffey, Wharton Esherick, Paolo Soleri, Ronald Hayes Pearson, Earl Pardon, Tage Frid, Marguerite Wilden­hain, and Wendell Castle. Jere Osgood (1936-2023) was an American studio furniture maker, and teacher of furniture and woodworking. He taught for many years in the Boston University Program in Artisanry. He was born in 1936 and raised in Staten Island, New York. He studied architecture at the University of Illinois but left after two years to pursue furniture design and fabrication. Thereafter, he enrolled at the School of American Craftsmen at Rochester Institute of Technology and learned furniture making under Tage Frid. Osgood was also influenced by the work of Wharton Esherick. He supported himself while in school by fabricating and selling small wood objects of his own design. Osgood established a studio in New Milford, Connecticut, where he made small objects. In the late 1960s he began to make large projects and explored different techniques of laminating wood. He published his explorations of lamination between 1977 and 1979 in Fine Woodworking magazine. Osgood taught briefly at Philadelphia College of Art, then at Rochester Institute of Technology for three years. In 1975, he moved to Boston University where he worked with Dan Jackson...

Sweet pair of Studio Crafted Wood Heart Bookends for the book lover in your life. Solid carved wood.

Pair of Bronze Candlesticks or Bookends In the style of Monique Gerber - unsigned circa 1970 unpolished with nice patina individual size: 1.5" deep x 4" wide x 7.5" tall "I like...

This beautiful pair of thick faceted lucite bookends by Ritts is part of their "Astrolite" line. 6"h X 4"w X 2.75"d

Iconic walnut and ceramic tile plinth bookends, designed by Jane and Gordon Martz of Marshall Studios. 1960s. One retains the original production sticker. The thickness of the walnut...

Rude Osolnik design and crafted bookends. High quality walnut executed in a sculptural bookend, signed on bottom.

Mid-Century Modern Alabaster Bookends.

Mid-Century Modern polished brass ball orb sculptural bookend. The design features a round spherical globe beautifully enhanced by a square walnut wood Stand, adding an architectural...

Unique and simply exceptional pair of vintage bookends. Deriving on the uniqueness of the wood grain, these bookends are elegant and modernist. Simple lines contrast with organic pat...

A pair of Amethyst Specimen lucite encased bookends from the 1970s. A unique statement piece.

Feast your eyes on this glorious oxblood red pair of acrylic dice by Charles Hollis. These are spectacular when the light hits them, as they glow in burgu...

Vintage handmade studio solid planked mixed wood bookends, circa 1970s. This unique set is handcrafted in zebrawood, walnut, maple, oak, rosewood and plywood. Perfect to display with...

Bookends Pair of walnut wood organic form bookends live edge natural design. Artist signed Wetter Original vintage unrestored preowned. Measures: 5.75 W x 6.5 H x 6.25 D inches. Preo...

These pair of vintage polished Norman Bleckner brass bull bookends have the original label on the bottom. New black felt feet were replaced with the ol...

This stunning pair of Mid-Century Modern ”Astrolite" bookends were realized the Ritts Co. of Los Angeles, circa 1970. They offer faceted, sculptural forms in ...

Pair of Art Deco inspired solid brass crane sculptures surmounted on dark grey Carrara marble pedestals with brass sabots. One sculpture stands 2...

This is a great set of modern Lucite bookends by Astrolite. In excellent condition.

Striking sculptural douglas fir live edge bookends (circa 1970s USA). Solid 'blocks' of stained douglas fir have been sculpted into trapezoidal forms and finished to reveal soft, pol...

Whimsical pair of girl and boy signed Curtis Jere brass tennis player bookends on onyx bases. Great gift for the tennis player who has everything!

Whimsical pair of carved solid walnut owl bookends by artisan Deborah Bump. Well carved owls in her well-known Minimalist Mid-Century style. This is the 1...

Pair of Jane and Gordon Martz for Marshall Studios Walnut & PAle Turquoise Ceramic Tile Bookends. Featuring 1" thick solid walnut rectangular forms, inset with two parallel rows of 1H x .5W glazed Aqua ceramic tiles, a top light soft foam covered 4.5D Metal plate bases with dark leather grain vinyl to top. Made in Indiana. Original design (TBE2-35rect) seen 1st in the Marshall Studios, Inc. Veedersburg, Indiana 1960 Stoneware Catalog No. 14 Accessories, shown in Walnut with Grey tile.

Vintage leather bookends, Circa 1975.

Blenko 1970s clay-molded textured clear glass bookends.

Unique circa 1970s, USA Brutalist-style horse bookends composed of cut and soldered sheet metal heads and legs with carved wooden bodies and wire tails. Very good, vintage condition,...