Vintage Cast Iron George Washington Bookends

Offered is a vintage set of brass bookends featuring an eagle with widely spread wings. The eagle holds arrows and an olive branch in its talons and appears with a large shield again...

Offered is a set of vintage brass Revolutionary War soldiers bookends. Each bookend depicts a fife player and two drummers marching in step together across a grassy battlefield. One ...

Presented is a handsome engraved portrait of George Washington by artist H. B. Hall. This engraving was published in New York, in a limited edition of 125 impressions. The engraving is based on a painting by William Birch Gilbert Stuart, a small miniature in enamel, completed in 1796. Birch painted Washington from life in his office in Philadelphia, by the request of I. G. Van Staphorst, Esqr. of Amsterdam. In the small portrait, Washington is depicted in a head and shoulders pose, facing right. He wears a dark coat and vest and a white shirt and ruffled cravat. The father of our country, George Washington was the commander in chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War (1775-83) and served two terms as the first United States president...

This is a cast-iron figural eagle doorstop, circa early 20th century. The eagle is depicted with wings spread wide, perched and mounted to a square marble base. The eagle retains traces of its original gilt surface and is embossed with “F.O.E.” at its midsection, possibly referring to the Fraternal Order of Eagles.   The eagle is both the national bird and the national animal of the United States. The eagle motif has been widely used throughout American 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...

A nice pair of vintage cast iron owl bookends circa 1970s. The bookends are solid with with a great patina and measure 3"W x 4.25"D x 6.75"H. ...

Large pair of finely detailed iron horse sculptures/bookends.

A pair of nautical 1930’s cast iron bookends in a copper finish. Shaped like carrack ships with full sails, decorated with a cross. Dimensions per boo...

Cast iron elephant heads bookends. Elephant heads in dark bronze patinated color, nice quality and details sculpture. Great to use as bookends, pa...