ART DECO GEOMETRIC FELINE CAT BOOKENDS DEPRESSION GREEN

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EGYPTIAN CAT BOOKENDS, CIRCA 1925. ALTHOUGH THIS EXACT SET IS NOT LISTED IN ANY LEADING REFERENCE BOOKS ONE WILL FIND A SIMILIAR EXAMPLE OF THESE BOOKENDS IN KURTIZKY'S AND DECOSTA'S BOOK "COLLECTOR'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BOOKENDS" PLATE# 926. THIS SET IS EVEN MORE RARE AND PREDATES THE 1935 SET LISTED IN THE BOOK. THESE ARE MOST LIKELY MADE BY ANDERSON STARR AND HAVE HAD AN EXACT SET IN RED ALTHOUGH THESE ARE NOT MARKED. ALSO THE ANDERSON STARR BOOKENDS ARE MUCH HEAVIER JUST AS THESE ARE WITH A WEIGHT OF 6.3 POUNDS FOR THE PAIR UNPACKED WHILE THE ONES IN THE BOOK WEIGH IN AT A MERE 4 POUNDS. NOW THESE BOOKENDS JUST SCREAM ART DECO WITH THEIR GEOMETRIC STYLING. BEAUTIFULLY DETAILED IT DEPICTS THE MYTHOLOGICAL CAT "BAST", GODDESS OF THE HOME, THE DOMESTICATED CAT WHO WAS THE PROTECTOR OF THE FIELDS AND HOME FROM VERMIN INFESTATIONS. SHE SOMETIMES TOOK ON THE APPEARANCE AND WARLIKE ASPECT OF THE LIONESS. BAST WAS DEVELOPED FROM THE ADORATION OF THE EGYPTIANS FOR HER FEMALE COMPANIONS. MADE OF GRAY METAL AND MEASURE 8" X 3 1/8" AND STILL RETAIN THEIR ORIGINAL DEPRESSION GREEN PAINT THAT IS ALMOST COMPLETELY INTACT AFTER THESE 80+ YEARS WITH JUST A FEW VERY TINY CHIPS AND NICKS. THE WHITE HIGHLIGHTS ACCENTUATE THE SHOULDERS, LEGS, NOSE AND EARS AND REALLY SET OFF THE PIECE. ONE BOOKEND HAS A LITTLE MORE SPECKLING OF THE WHITE PAINT THEN read more

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