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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Place of Origin: American
Vintage Large Handmade Iron Jack by Bill Curry
By Bill Curry & Design Line
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large vintage handmade cast iron Jack, Jax, designed by Bill Curry of Design Line, 1967.
This bookend is made of cast iron and is in original condition.
Great addition to any decor, Industrial retro Pop Art...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Bookends
Materials
Iron
Mid Century Modernist Solid Brass Bookends. Sleek Timeless Decor Ben Seibel
By Ben Seibel
Located in Peoria, AZ
SLEEK!
MODERN SCULPTURAL
MID CENTURY
BRASS BOOK ENDS
GREAT LOOK!
DIMENSIONS: EACH APPROX. 7" BY 5-1/2"
In the manner of Ben Seibel
These book ends are a clean addition to any d...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Bookends
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Architectural Bird Bookends Art Brass Co NY Geometric Pair Owl Falcon
By Art Brass Co.
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Pair of brass American Art Deco Bird bookends designed in sharply geometric patterns, like metropolis architectural elements of the 1920-1940. Each bird is stamped "Art Brass Co NY...
Category
1930s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bookends
Materials
Brass
Mid 20th Century Bill Curry Jax Bookends - a Pair
By Bill Curry & Design Line
Located in Charleston, SC
Mid Century Bill Curry for Design Line Red and green Iron Jack Jax Bookends. All paint is original. Two of twelve colors manufactured by Curry's company, Design Line. I love thes...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Bookends
Materials
Iron
Solid Glass Block Bookends By Blenko
By Blenko Glass
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Solid Glass Block Bookends By Blenko, textured edge.
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bookends
Materials
Glass
Mid-Century Modern Blenko Clear Textured Glass Bear Bookends by Wayne Husted
By Blenko Glass, Wayne Husted
Located in St. Louis, MO
Pair of MCM Wayne Husted designed clear textured glass bear bookends for Blenko, circa 1960s. In fine condition, no damage. partial labels. In fine condition, no issues. Model 4034
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bookends
Materials
Glass
Steven B. Levine Handcrafted Wood Bookends
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Steven B. Levine Handcrafted Wood Bookends. Each bookends has one hidden stash box. Each is signed with the woodworkers mark. One bookends retains a inventory label from Selo/She...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Bookends
Materials
Wood
Brass Bookends Ben Seibel for Jenfred Ware Orb, 1950s
By Jenfred Ware, Ben Seibel
Located in London, GB
Pair of rounded sculptural brass bookends in organic form by Ben Seibel for Jenfred Ware, distributed by Raymor, USA, 1950's. Cast metal with shiny brass finish and partly a dark pat...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bookends
Materials
Brass
Abstract Ceramic Bookends
By Ben Seibel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Abstract pair of Ceramic Bookends. They have the feel of some that Ben Seibel designed and made of metal. In good shape and heavy enough to hold books in place!
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bookends
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Vintage Round Geode Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Pair of vintage round geode bookends, circa old! The set is in very good vintage condition with no chips or cracks and measures 4.5"W x 4.5"D x 3.75"H. #3542
Category
15th Century and Earlier Mid-Century Modern Antique American Bookends
Materials
Rock Crystal
Z Bookend by Curtis Jere Signed & Dated 1971 in Gold Leaf Finish
By Curtis Jeré
Located in San Diego, CA
Solid iron midcentury Z Curtis Jere bookend with gold leaf finish. Signed and dated "1971".
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bookends
Materials
Iron
Pair of Ring Bookends by Walter von Nessen for Chase USA
By Walter Von Nessen, Chase Brass and Copper Company
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of nickel and copper art deco machine age bookends by Walter von Nessen for Chase, c.1930s, USA. The pair of bookends feature two circles, one larger in a black satin enameled c...
Category
1930s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bookends
Materials
Nickel, Enamel, Copper
1950s Atomic Era Mid-Century Modern Single Iron Jack-Jax Bookend Doorstopper
By Bill Curry & Design Line, Design Line
Located in San Diego, CA
Gold Leaf finish on this solid iron jack, which can be used as a bookend or door stopper, is circa 1950s original finish is nicely worn.
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Bookends
Materials
Iron
Pair of Mid-Century White Marble Horse Head Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Very stylish pair of mid-century white marble horse head bookends, circa 1970s. The bookends are heavy and solid and well crafted. They measure 8"W x 2.25"D x 8.5"H and would make a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Bookends
Materials
Alabaster
Mid Century Brass A to Z Bookends, circa 1965
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Mid Century Brass A to Z Bookends, circa 1965
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Bookends
Materials
Brass
Vintage Curved Astrolite Lucite Bookends by Ritts Co. of Los Angeles
By Jonathan Adler
Located in San Diego, CA
Striking pair of mid-century modern "Astrolite" lucite bookends by the Ritts Company of Los Angeles. This pair are each one quarter of a circle, so when put together provide a semi-c...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bookends
Materials
Lucite
Midcentury Sculptural Jack Bookend or Door Stop
By Bill Curry
Located in San Diego, CA
Solid metal sculptural jack bookend. Could also be used as doorstop. 1950s.
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bookends
Materials
Brass
Studio Crafted Wood Marquetry Bookends by Jere Osgood
By Jere Osgood
Located in San Diego, CA
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...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bookends
Materials
Wood
Mid Century Sheldon Rose Alpha Sculpt Cube Letterpress Sculptures Bookends 1960s
By Sheldon Rose
Located in Troy, MI
Pair of Mid Century Modern typographic cube sculptures or bookends designed by Sheldon Rose circa 1960s
Titled "Alpha Sculpt" formed of cast metal with raised letters and symbols
...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bookends
Materials
Metal
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Bill Curry Design Line POP Red Color Jacks Bookends
By Bill Curry & Design Line
Located in St. Louis, MO
Bill Curry for Design line very fun pop red colored playful iron jacks bookends or decorative objects. Often attributed to George Nelson, these are all original paint. Some light scu...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bookends
Materials
Chrome, Iron
Vintage Abingdon USA Ceramic Horse Head Bookends with Labels, Pair
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Abingdon USA Ceramic Horse Head Bookends with Labels, Pair
Offered for sale is a pair of substantial early Mid-Century ceramic horse bookends...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Bookends
Materials
Ceramic
A pair of pink marble bookends by Vermont Marble Co, mid 20th century
Located in View Park, CA
A pair of pink marble bookends by Vermont Marble Co, mid 20th century. Pale pink with burgundy and brilliant coral veining. Felted bottoms. Note the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Bookends
Materials
Marble
Abingdon Pottery 1940s Mid Century Modern Pair Black Horse Head Bookends
Located in Miami, FL
Handsome Pair of Mid Century Horse Head Modern Bookends by Abingdon Potteries. Beautiful designed horse heads bookends in glossy black glaze which were produced from 1938 through 1...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bookends
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Abingdon Pottery Pair White Ceramic Mid Century Modern Horse Head Bookends 1940s
Located in Miami, FL
Handsome Pair of Mid Century white Horse Head Modern Bookends by Abingdon Potteries. Beautiful designed horse heads bookends in glossy creamy white glaze which were produced from 193...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bookends
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Pair Mid Century Modern Pottery White Horse Head Bookends Abingdon Pottery 1940s
Located in Miami, FL
Handsome Pair of Mid Century white Horse Head Modern Bookends by Abingdon Potteries. Beautiful designed horse heads bookends in glossy white glaze which were produced from 1938 thr...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bookends
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
1940s Pair Modern Pottery Black Horse Head Bookends Abingdon Pottery
Located in Miami, FL
Handsome Pair of Mid Century Horse Head Modern Bookends by Abingdon Potteries. Beautiful designed horse heads bookends in glossy black glaze which were produced from 1938 through 1...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bookends
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Beveled Lucite Bookends
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Lucite Mid-Century Bookend Set, 1960's
Vintage Mid-Century Modern, heavy Lucite bookends with beautiful beveled edges. These bookends almost glow when the light hits them. Polished...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Bookends
Materials
Lucite
Vintage Modernist Stair Cut Polished Steel Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage modernist stair-cut polished steel bookends, circa 1970s. Beautiful and simple with great mid-century minimal lines, the bookends are in very good vintage condition and meas...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Bookends
Materials
Steel
Pair of Art Glass Cast Elephant Bookends by Don Shepherd for DAS Designs
By Don Shepherd
Located in San Diego, CA
A pair of art glass cast elephant bookends by Don Shepherd for DAS Designs, circa 1980s. The pair are the back and front end of an elephant and are in ve...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Bookends
Materials
Art Glass
Vintage Mid-Century Wall Street Bear Bronze Bookend Sculpture
Located in San Diego, CA
Mid-Century Modern stock market bookend sculpture brass bear on a solid marble base. These iconic symbols of Wall Street presented majestically on a marble base that adds a solid (li...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Bookends
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Mid-Century Sheldon Rose AlphaSculpt Typesetter Block Sculpture Bookend
By Tiffany & Co., Jonathan Adler, Sheldon Rose
Located in San Diego, CA
Signed Sheldon Rose (American 20th Century) Typesetter cube sculpture, can also be used as bookend. In polished polychrome silver metal. Sheldon Rose (American, 20th century), attend...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bookends
Materials
Metal
Pair of MCM Arched Lucite Bookends in the Style of Herb Ritts
By Herb Ritts
Located in San Diego, CA
A nice pair of MCM arched lucite bookends in the Style of Herb Ritts for Astrolite, circa 1970s. The pair are in excellent condition and would make a great...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Bookends
Materials
Lucite
Bronze Cast Patinated American Eagle Bookends Circa 1950s
Located in San Diego, CA
Bronze-patinated American bald eagle bookends circa 1950s. Beautiful elegant pair.
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Curtis Jere Mars & Venus Gold Gilt Bookends Sculptures Signed Jeré, 1968
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Saint Louis, MO
A beautiful, and in lovely condition, pair of Mars and Venus Curtis Jere sculptures or bookends depicting the male and female gender symbols on square bases made of gold leafed cast iron. In beautiful condition with original patina and signed "C. Jeré 1968". The gilt really adds a nice warmth and glow. These would look exquisite displayed in a lit bookcase, in a master bedroom, master bath...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bookends
Materials
Gold, Iron
Vintage Midcentury Glass Owl Bookends by Blenko
By Blenko Glass, Rosenthal, Jonathan Adler
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful pair of midcentury glass owl bookends by Blenko from the 1960s. Incredible craftsmanship and detail in this pair of glass bookends that can adapt to your style as sculpture...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Bookends
Materials
Blown Glass
Circular Chrome Bookends in the Style of Curtis Jeré
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair metal chrome plated bookends in the Style of Curtis Jeré. Each bookend has a heavy rectangular base.
Dimensions
Each bookend measures: 6.5” width x 4.5” depth x 7.5” height.
C...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Bookends
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Pair of Vintage Rare Pink & White Geode Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Versatile set of pink and white geode bookends, circa 1980s. The set is in very good vintage condition with no chips or cracks.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Mid-Century Modern Antique American Bookends
Materials
Rock Crystal
Pair of Rare Rookwood Raven Bookends, 1940s, USA
By Rookwood Pottery Co.
Located in Miami, FL
Beautiful and rare ceramic Rookwood Raven bookends, mid-1940s, USA. Turquoise crackle glaze.
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bookends
Materials
Pottery
Curtis Jere Signed A to Z Bookends, United States, 1960's
By Curtis Jeré, Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Ben Seibel
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Curtis Jere Signed A to Z Heavy Gold Leaf over Iron Bookends, United States, 1960's.
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Bookends
Materials
Iron, Gold Leaf
1960s Jax Design Line Single Jack Patinated Bookend California
By Bill Curry & Design Line
Located in Chula Vista, CA
George Nelson Style of Design Line Single Jack Bookend California Bill Curry
Unmarked
4.75 h x 6 w x 5.25 d
Unrestored vintage original preowned condition
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Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bookends
Materials
Metal
Ben Seibel by Jenfred-Ware Mid-Century Modern Brass Sculptural Dumbbell Bookends
By Jenfred Ware, Ben Seibel
Located in St. Louis, MO
Ben Seibel MCM sculptural dumbbell brass plated bookends with handles, designed for Jenfred-Ware and marketed for Raymor c.1950s. Nice vintage condition...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bookends
Materials
Brass
Aus-Ben Studios Black Labrador Dog Head Bookends, United States, circa 1987
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Aus-Ben Studios Black Labrador Dog Head Bookends, United States, circa 1987. Original label to the bottom of one example.
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Bookends
Materials
Resin
1952 Brass Eagle Bookends by Virginia Metalcrafters
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful pair of brass spread-wing eagle bookends by Virginia Metalcrafters, stamped 1952. The eagle is shown with its wings fully spread and a laurel branch and bundle of arrows clutched in its left talon. The eagle clutches a Union shield across its breast. The Union shield has a chief with three stars and six stripes completing the design.
The eagle motif in décor and Folk Art has been widely used throughout our nation's history, most notably as part of our Great Seal. The founders of the United States were fond of comparing their new republic with the Roman Republic, in which eagle imagery, usually the golden eagle, was prominent. On June 20, 1782, the Continental Congress adopted the design for the Great Seal of the United States depicting a bald eagle grasping 13 arrows and an olive branch with its talons.
When Charles Thomson put together the final design for the Great Seal, he placed a bundle of arrows in the eagle's left (sinister) talon. The official description specifies the bald eagle holding "in his sinister a bundle of thirteen arrows." The thirteen arrows are tightly aligned – a symbol of "strength in unity" that's found in the traditional cultures everywhere, from the Romans to the Iroquois— in this case a nod to the unity of the original 13 colonies. William J. Loth founded Virginia Metalcrafters in 1890, under the name Waynesboro Stove Company. The company, which made ornately cast Cook...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bookends
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Sculptural Jacks Bookends
By Bill Curry
Located in San Diego, CA
Solid iron sculptural jacks bookends in a chocolate brown. Could also be used as doorstops. 1950s.
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bookends
Materials
Brass
Studio Crafted Wood Heart Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Sweet pair of Studio Crafted Wood Heart Bookends for the book lover in your life. Solid carved wood.
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bookends
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Modern Blenko Bookends by Wayne Husted, USA, 1960's
By Blenko Glass, Wayne Husted
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Mid-Century Modern Blenko Bookends by Wayne Husted, USA, 1960's.
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Bookends
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Mid-Century Modern Blenko Clear Textured Glass Elephant Bookends by Wayne Husted
By Wayne Husted, Blenko Glass
Located in St. Louis, MO
Pair of MCM Wayne Husted designed clear textured glass Elephant bookends for Blenko, circa 1960s. In fine condition, no damage. no Label. In fine condition, no issues.
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bookends
Materials
Glass
Pair of Brass Finish "Ladder-Form" Bookends by Ben Seibel for Jenfred Ware
By Ben Seibel, Jenfred Ware
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Ladder" bookends designed by Ben Seibel for Jenfred Ware in the 1950s (New York) and distributed by Raymor.
Beautifully aged with a rich, patinated brass finish. Wear throughout, as...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bookends
Materials
Metal
American Eagle Pair of solid Pewter bookends By Wilton Columbia
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful solid cast pewter American Eagle cast bookends circa 1970's Wilton Columbia Pa.
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Bookends
Materials
Pewter
Sculptural Brass Elephant Bookends, 1970's
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Sculptural Brass Elephant Bookends, 1970's. Nice original patina.
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Bookends
Materials
Brass
1960s Rusty Jack Bookend Style George Nelson Design Line Calif
By Bill Curry & Design Line, George Nelson
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Jack Bookend Style George Nelson Design Line Calif
Selling as vintage rustic condition
4.75 tall x 6.25 w x 5.25 d
Original Unrestored Vintage Condition
See images.
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bookends
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Blenko Clear Glass Half Circle Bookends by Wayne Husted
By Blenko Glass, Wayne Husted
Located in St. Louis, MO
Pair of Wayne Husted designed clear half glass bookends for Blenko, circa 1960s. In fine condition, no damage. Original Label, possible model # 434.
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bookends
Materials
Glass
Set of Three Vintage Atomic Jacks/Jax Bookends/Doorstop Attributed to Bill Curry
By Bill Curry
Located in San Diego, CA
Set of three 1950s atomic era, Mid-Century Modern iron jacks-jax. The pieces can be used as bookends, a doorstop, or decorative accents. in aluminum, black and bronze finish with a n...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Bookends
Materials
Iron, Aluminum
Mid Century Sculptural Jacks Jax Bookends by Bill Curry
By Bill Curry
Located in San Mateo, CA
Pair of jacks bookends designed by Bill Curry for his company Design Line. These are painted cast iron. The jacks are in great original condition. There are a few minor paint losses ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Bookends
Materials
Iron
Vintage Large Scale Brass Rams Head Bookends, 1970's
By Alain Chervet
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Vintage Large Scale Brass Rams Head Bookends, 1970's
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Bookends
Materials
Brass
Solid Heavy Brass Vintage Mallard Bookends
Located in East Hampton, NY
These vintage heavy brass Mallard head bookends show a wonderful patina from age and use. One panel is slightly taller than the other ( see detail images). THIS ITEM IS LOCATED AN...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bookends
Materials
Brass
Pair of Vintage Rare Freeform Geode Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Versatile set of white and gray colored geode bookends, circa 1960s. The set is in very good vintage condition. This particular set is a unique pair that parallels two sides. One s...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bookends
Materials
Rock Crystal
Pair of MCM Ceramic Tile and Walnut Bookends by Jane & Gordon Martz
By Gordon & Jane Martz, Marshall Studios
Located in San Diego, CA
A nice pair of MCM ceramic tile and walnut bookends by Jane & Gordon Martz for Marshall Studios, circa 1950s. The bookends are in very good vintage condtion and measure 8.5"W x 5"D x...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Bookends
Materials
Walnut, Pottery
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