1950s Bookends

Pair of bookends in the shape of a Horse Bust, made of alabaster and marble base in the 1950s Ø 10 cm Ø 6 cm h 18 cm

Mid-Century Modern turtle-dove ceramic bookends.

An original and early pair of chiseled glass bookends designed by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte, circa 1950. These sculptural ‘eau de nil’ glass blocks were hand-chiselled and polishe...

Ben Seibel bookends, brass orb. Rounded sculptural bookends with cutout. Original brass plated finish shows scratches, signs of wear, and crazing. Seibel, ...

A 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...

A very nice pair of polished Italian marble tiger bookends. Purchased in the 1960s, these marble beauties bare the nice mellow patina of old, handled Ca...

Ben Seibel brass bookends ladder Jenfred-ware, USA, 1950s. Two-tier ladder form bookends in plated brass over white metal with brown felt und...

Ben Seibel brass Stirrup Bookends, USA, 1950s. The slightly taller oval stirrup design by Seibel for Jenfredware. Brass finish is bright and warm with...

Ben Seibel brass bookends Jenfred-ware Shovel, USA, 1950s. In good original condition. Minimalist form bookends with brass plating over white...

Decorative brass bookends, circa 1950.

These lovely pair of solid brass Buddhas can be used as bookends. They are vintage mid century and have been professionally polished. They would be great on a mantel or fireplace and...

Sculptural modernist table stand for resting a book or magazine.