In addition, we see an engraved owl against a background of fine stipples in the metal. From the 1920s through the 1950s, a New Jersey company called Marion Bronze, as well as its predecessor, Pompeian Bronze, was famous for its painted bronze. The bookends shown here exhibit curled corners, hammered surface, and exposed rivets that fasten the upright to the base. Most of these early bookends were decorated in low relief, or not decorated at all, but relied on their exposed construction for decorative appeal.
Most of the bookends were made in an L shape from sheet copper, and these are the design of Roycroft and other metal workshop bookends from that era that we generally see today. Get the best deals on Marion Bronze In Collectible Book Ends when you shop the largest online selection at. Shipped with USPS Priority Mail.'Owl on Books', Marion Bronze - Circa 1950s. Accordingly, bookends were designed and fashioned by artists working by hand. Vintage Marion Bronze Owl On Books Bookends. Roycroft became a collection of workshops dedicated to producing household items according to the principles of the budding Arts and Crafts Movement. A uction D escription You are looking at a pair of extremely nice and rare Art Deco Bookends from the very early 1920's. The success of the print shop and its publications, which defined a burgeoning interest in what is known as the Arts and Crafts Movement, led to the establishment of shops – a bindery, leather shop, metal working shop and furniture shop. Hubbard established a print shop in East Aurora after a visit to William Morris and the Kelmscott Press. Vintage Blenko Hand Blown Glass Owl Bookends in Hiller, PA. In 1895 Elbert Hubbard founded the artistic community of Roycroft in the upper New York state village of East Aurora. Dolphin Sculptured Bronze Bookends San Pacific International (SPI) San Francisco USA in. Roycroft Engraved Owl Bookends: Copper, Height 4 inches.
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