Bookends

[Music Theme] Violin with Score Bookends – By Marion Bronze c1940’s

Delightful pair of weighty bookends. Stand 8cm high and weigh 2.8kg the pair. A few bumps but overall, pretty good. A great present for the musically gifted. Made by Marion and Arthur France in their cottage factory in New Jersey.

Marion Bronze – Bookends

Marion Bronze was a Mom and Pop business. Marion and Arthur France started making bookends and other decorative items in 1922 in the sheds behind their house at Metuchen, New Jersey. They continued to do this until the mid-1950’s when the business was put up for sale.

The image of the house comes from the actual business sale document which Voyager found through a website run by Marion and Arthur’s grandchildren who could remember waiting on the porch of this fine cottage – waiting for Grandpa to finish his daily toil in the shed at the back of the yard.

The Encyclopaedia of Bookends by Kuritzky states that the history of Marion Bronze is very sketchy, and they do not even have the information above.

What they do have is numerous examples of Marion Bronze items as they were bought as a collection from a New York City landlord who had found them in an abandoned apartment. The tenant had been an employee of Marion Bronze and had brought home over fifty examples of their work.

SORRY SOLD

$380.00

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Deco Lady Bookends – Goldschneider – c1940

Simply superb, a rare pair of ceramic bookends by Marcel Goldscheider in collaboration with Myott of Stoke-on-Trent, England.

The Goldscheider family through Friedrich Goldscheider started their ceramics business in Vienna in 1885. It soon developed an enviable reputation for quality and leading art in its form. They opened outposts in Paris, Leipzig and Florence creating masterpieces in Art Nouveau and Art Deco. They were also commissioned by Rosenthal and Meissen.

With the “writing in the wall” in Europe the family migrated in 1938. Brother Walter went to the USA and started a factory at Trenton, New Jersey. Marcel, as already noted, went to England and the ceramic heartland at Stoke to work alongside Myott. He opened his own studio in the 1950’s at Hanley.

The items are free of any damage, are signed Goldscheider Staffordshire. They are beautifully formed with a very feminine Goldscheider look. They appear to be slightly different – one lady her head slightly cocked, evidencing a truly crafted piece. Nicely hand painted not in a fully like for like manner which adds to the special feel. They are roughly 11cm cube and weigh circa 850gm the pair.

Goldscheider Deco Ladies a rare find and in fine condition

$440.00

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Howdah Elephants Bookends from Aronson 1923

A nice set of bookends from Aronson (formerly Art Metal Works) of the USA.

In the black enamelled form. A little age and authentic pair. Carries the maker’s original label.

As with our multi coloured pair [see separate listing] these bookends are not large things and we coin them “bedroom bookends” …. weighing 980gm the set.

Deco Bookends by Ronson

SO SORRY SOLD

$180.00

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Art Deco Howdah Elephant Bookends – Aronson 1923

A nice collectable pair of art deco howdah elephant bookends in the rare multi-coloured finish by Aronson (formerly Art Metal Works) and then later the Ronson Company – USA 1923

These are small bookends for small books or decorative effect on the bookshelf in the library or the bedroom – one of our regular customer’s coined the phrase bedroom bookends and we got it.

Good condition with some bright colouring albeit with some age here and there, likely from over cleaning – always wipe elephants gently.

Art Deco era bookends for the bedroom – something showy and different

$280.00

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Viking Galley Bookends

A sturdy set that will hold up the heaviest of books.

Cast in copper bronze and machine finished to the back which suggests a fairly modern manufacture. Based on a design from circa 1910.

Very strong relief of galley with full sail against mountainous shoreline.

15 cm tall, weighing 2.2kgs the pair. Very good condition. A postage supplement likely dependent on the location of the buyer.

Practical nautical war ready galley bookends

$90.00

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[Music Theme] Violin with Score Bookends – By Marion Bronze c1940’s

Deco Lady Bookends – Goldschneider – c1940

Howdah Elephants Bookends from Aronson 1923

Art Deco Howdah Elephant Bookends – Aronson 1923

Viking Galley Bookends

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