"Owl on Books" Pompeian Bronze #56 Antique Bookends

Wise old sage, "Owl on Books", made Art Deco Period circa 1925 by the Pompeian Bronze Company, a pair of vintage electroformed bronze-clad figural book ends, with original polychrome paint (red and black on book, orange and black on eyes). A beautiful and memorable pair!

Same design as the Marion Bronze Co. pair shown as plate no. 172 in Kuritzky and De Costa, except our Pompeian Bronze Co. pair were made in the 1920s (PB was defunct by around 1930) and almost certainly designed by Peter Manfredi around 1921.

SPECS: Each measures about 6.75" tall by 4.2" wide by 2.8" deep, the pair weighs in at 5 lbs 6 oz. Marked "56, Pompeian Bronze Co." on the back of each.

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CAREFULLY PACKED, DOUBLE BOXED, and ready to go; see the photos. Item is packed with silica gel dessicant 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.

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Additional Keywords: "Owl" as Winnie-the-Pooh character: Owl appears in many ... "Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day", "Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore", "In Return to Pooh Corner", where Owl always wears glasses and loves to cook. Owl (Marvel Comics), Owlman (comic book), wisdom, knowledge, sage, mysticism, mythological, spirituality, ornithologists, Athena theGreek goddess of learning and wealth, ancient Egyptian Celtic Hindu protector of the dead, Native American tribal stories, Asian mythology, Oriental myth, owl-like Lilith was Sumeria's goddess of death,