BRADLEY HUBBARD BOOKENDS CAST IRON NEAR MINT RARE B & H

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UP FOR AUCTION IS THIS PAIR OF BRADLEY AND HUBBARD BOOKENDS, CIRCA 1922 DEPICTING TWO POETIC AND LITERARY GIANTS " DANTE AND HOMER". BRADLEY AND HUBBARD CREATED SEVERAL BOOKEND STYLES USING DIFFERENT WELL KNOWN WRITERS AND POETS AND SOLD THEM IN MATCHED AND MIXED PAIRS. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL SETS OF IDENTICAL BUSTS, BUT FEEL THIS STYLE WITH TWO FAMOUS INDIVIDUALS ARE MUCH MORE INTERESTING AND BEAUTIFUL. THE FOUR TIERED STEPPED BASE AND PARTHENON TOP SLANTS DOWN TO SINGLE VERTICAL COLUMNS ON EACH SIDE AND IS ADORNED WITH ROMAN STYLED SCROLLED FINIALS. DIRECTLY IN THE CENTER OF EACH BOOKEND IS DANTE AND HOMER CAMEOED IN RAISED RELIEF AS WELL AS THEIR NAMES DIRECTLY BELOW. THE CAMEO OF EACH MAN IS CIRCLED WITH ACANTHUS LEAF GARLANDS SWEEPING GENTLY UPWARD. THE ORIGINAL DARK BROWN GILT FINISH IS NEARLY ONE HUNDRED PERCENT INTACT. T IS VERY SLIGHT PAINT WEAR ON THE BASES AND BACKS AND SOME HIGH AREAS AS SHOWN IN THE PICTURES, BUT CERTAINLY DOES NOT TAKE AWAY FROM THE BEAUTY, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE 84 YEARS OF USEAGE. THE HIGH BIDDER ON THESE BOOKENDS WILL AGREE THIS SET IS VERY EXCEPTIONAL. I GUARANTEE THESE ARE OLD, ORIGINAL, AND IN NEAR PERFECT CONDITION. THEY WILL CERTAINLY BE A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO ANY COLLECTION AND WITH THIS NICE SIZE AND WEIGHT THEY WILL ACTUALLY HOLD UP YOUR PRIZED BOOKS. COMMENT: THE COLOR OF THIS SET IS A read more

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