Vintage English Brass Lion and Unicorn Bookends

Beautiful pair of antique cast iron bookends depicting an Asian kissing couple. These Art Deco pieces are dense in weight and beauty. The sc...

Vintage set of foo dogs mounted on a wood tray. These beautiful carved foo dogs rest on a conjoined tray that is ready for favorite titles or it can act a...

Beautiful pair of Hollywood Regency brass pineapple bookends. Beautiful pieces original to the period and style. These sculptural pair adds whimsy 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...

Vintage Brass Horse Bust on a marble base

Pair of silvered brass Anglo Indian guarding lion sculptures or bookends.  

Vintage mid-century brass teddy bear bookends. These pair of teddy bear would make a luxurious addition to any room, and especially as part of a nursery...

A pair of reclining lion bookends, a stunning pair with the look of limestone, but a composition material. The pair are of good weight for those larger bo...