With a little searching one can find bookends of knights that bear the signature or mark of a known artist or sculptor such as Gregory Seymour Allen or John J. These magnificent bookends are made from cast bronze with cold painted accents. Bookends of knights were fashioned in many types of metal, as well as other materials such as clay. The long-lived popularity of knights in the media: literature, movies and Sunday comics (remember Prince Valiant) is reflected in the large number of decorative bookends of knights to be found in antique and vintage markets. ANTIQUE MARION BRONZE CLAD SNOWY-WHITE OWL BOOKENDS:EXCEL LENT-ORIGINAL CONDITION Condition: Used Price: US 450.00 38. People knew that knights had fought in the Holy Land during the crusades. 1930's Pair of Antique Marion Bronze Owl Bookends Vintage Cold Painted Metal Bird Book ends Book Holders Library Decor Christmas Gift. Vintage Eagle Bookends with Rare White Base by Marion Bronze Pair antique cast iron OWL bookends. There was King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table and the search for the Holy Grail. Listed are a selection of sold antique bookends.

We are open 10-6 every day except Tuesday. Share this: Pinterest Facebook Twitter Google Email For more information about this item call the shop during business hours (60). Everyone must have known about knights then, as they do today. Marion Bronze Owl Bookends 125 Dealer 17. They are not labeled, so I am not positive which one actually made them. Ive have seen both companies attributed to these particular owl bookends. Later on, the movies of the 1920s and 30s made knights a popular theme. These vintage bookends were either made by the Marion Bronze Co. Even Mark Twain employed a knight as the central character in A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR’S COURT. Like today’s digitally-based adventure stories where knights and medieval times are often featured, the adventure literature of the late 1800s and early 1900s were rampant with tales of gallant knights. They were prized as reflections of the Arts and Crafts ethos popularized by William Morris and Elbert Hubbard and for their romantic adventures. Knights in armor were a popular subject for bookends in the early twentieth century.

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