"Lion" Lioness BIG Marion Bronze Bookends

Big, heavy, functional, and unforgettable... "Lion", made circa 1925 by the Marion Bronze Company, a pair of vintage electroformed bronze-clad figural book ends. These bookends each depict a lioness sitting and alert, gazing forward with ears back. A commanding presence on any bookshelf.

No. 949 in Kuritzky and De Costa. Rare, the authors give these a rarity rating of 5* out of 5, where 5* denotes "Singular: The pair has only been seen once by the authors."

SPECS: Each measures about 9" tall and 6.7" by 3.3" at the base (7.5" nose to rump), the pair weighs in at 8 lbs 12 oz. Marked "MB" on the base below the tale. No breaks or tears in the bronze cladding -- mint condition.

Wikipedia on the Lion -- The lion (Panthera leo) is one of the four big cats in the genus Panthera, and a member of the family Felidae. With some males exceeding 250 kg (550 lb) in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger. Wild lions currently exist in Sub-Saharan Africa and in Asia with a critically endangered remnant population in Gir Forest National Park in India, having disappeared from North Africa and Southwest Asia in historic times.

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CAREFULLY PACKED, TRIPLE BOXED, and ready to go; see the photos. Item is packed with silica gel desiccant pack(s) to prevent humidity damage in storage/transit. Note: Packing-photos show stages of packing this item; know that boxes are always full or slightly overstuffed with packing material to prevent any shifting or settling.

Additional Keywords: Straight from "Out of Africa", the "King of the Jungle" ... although lions live on the savannah, not in the jungle. Marian Bronze (sic), power powerful feminist female lion, feline, cat, hunt safari big game hunter hunt, WWF, Sierra Club, conservation, endangered species,